Surveys have located boats that nations considered raising for museums. Recovery would be expensive, and the shared Allied settlement adds a diplomatic obstacle. In the account given here, recovery requires permission from Britain, the United States and Russia. Allied concern that surviving German vessels could become Nazi shrines also helps explain the original preference for destruction.
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Why recovering a Deadlight boat for a museum is difficult
Recovery proposals face expense and shared Allied responsibility, alongside the original fear of creating Nazi shrines.