Common Disappearance Issues
Strangely, all these disappearances had two things in common. The first fact was that all the subs had a large crew when they sank. Minerve had 52 crew members, INS Dakar had 69, USS Scorpion had 99, and K-129 had 98. This sure was a devastating moment, as so many lives were mysteriously lost. This was the kind of unexplainable crisis that would never get any kind of explanation or even the smallest sense.
Mysterious Disappearance
Secondly, all the subs disappearances were mysterious. The Dakar, which was a British submarine adapted from WWII, was sailing along the eastern side of the Mediterranean sea and on its way to Israel when she went down on January 25, 1968. How could so little sense be made from so many losses? By now, countless lives had been lost, and many millions of dollars’ worth of military vessels – a costly loss indeed.