Is the med really that deep?

[Dominico Baggio]

I mean the whole of the med is 1000 metres deep or more. I dont have a clue but the game is accurate round england so i guess its right. Im just pretty shocked

Any geologists or oceanographers here who can explain to me why its so deep? I know Britain used to be one with the continent at one time which explains why its not deep there, i thought the med was the same. Or is that a rift where they have split apart?

My brain hurts from thinking about it lol

[Urlybird]

I don't know the history of the med , but many years ago , i was swimming off of HMS Torbay's casing and when i went back into thhe control room and looked at the chart the depth was 1800 metre's , thats well out of my depth ,lol

[Dominico Baggio]

Deep water freaks me out, i really need to learn to swim lol

I dont think even if i could swim i would go in water that deep though! Thats immense! 1 km + of water!

[Muto]

The average depth of the med is 1,500 meters, with the deepest spot being 5,150 meters off the southern coast of Greece.

The Med is one of 4 seas that formerly comprised the ancient ocean Tethys which bordered the Atlantic, but when the Eurasian and African plates collided some 30 million years ago, the Med was nearly closed off along with the Black Sea, Caspian Sea and Aral Sea.

[Lord_Floaty]

May I....

a) Say hello, for this is my first post here.... and
b) refer you here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean

I'm finding wikipedia quite a good resource for info on ww2 stuff.

I also seem to recall, in Das Boot (the book) a bit about the currents running in and out of the Med, to do with freshwater evaporating and the remaining salt water sinking. The result being a deep salty outflow and a strong current inwards nearer the surface. I could have this entirely the wrong way round, but I am slightly drunk.

Haha... I see I can't use the word salthingyer (you figure it out)

Cheers.

[Venge]

Welcome to the forums Floaty

[SgtMajor]

I have been doing some studing on the Med now that you have posted this and asking about it.

Well some of what I have found is that the Med was a Sub Commanders nightmare.
As the other poster has said about the salt in the water and the lack of salt from freshwater coming in.

One wrote that it was very hard to keep the boat at Scope level as the boat in places would sink down or broach as the water changed.
Also one said that the depth would drop off from the shore very quickly and go to very deep water with very shallow water that would come out of no where.

Now that would make an attack very fun to deal with.
Another Captian said that this is one of the first places where they started to see an affect where the sonar would not see the sub even though they where right over it. This was due to the temp and salt level in the water.

I will add more as I find more and keep the links so all can go and read them selvs.