What is INS Dakar?
{{DISPLAYTITLE:INS ''Dakar''}} [[File:INS Dakar, 1968.jpg|thumb|300px|right|]] The '''INS ''Dakar''''' was a [[submarine]] of the [[Israeli Navy]]. It disappeared in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] in 1968. It had formerly belonged to the [[Royal Navy]] as the '''HMS ''Totem'''''. After [[sea trials]] it departed [[Scotland]] in January 1968 for [[Israel]]. She never arrived and was lost at sea with her entire [[crew]]. In 1999 the [[Shipwreck|wreckage]] was found between [[Cyprus]] and [[Crete]]. The cause of her sinking is still not known. In 1971 a [[memorial]] to the submarine was established in [[Gan HaNe'edarim]] in the National Military and Police cemetery at [[Mount Herzl]], [[Jerusalem]]. The [[Bridge (ship)|bridge]] portion of the vessel was [[Marine salvage|salvaged]] and is on display at the [[Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum|Israeli Naval Museum]] in [[Haifa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.submarines.dotan.net/dakar/salvage.htm |title=Israeli Navy Raised of the Bridge of the INS Dakar |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2003 |website= |publisher=Dotan.net |accessdate=12 May 2014 }}</ref> == Related pages == * [[INS Dakar Memorial]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat|INS Dakar (submarine, 1943)}} * [http://submarines.dotan.net/dakar/ a memorial website for the INS Dakar] {{military-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dakar}} [[Category:Submarines]] [[Category:Israel Defense Forces]] [[Category:Maritime disasters]]