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Divers locate German WW2 submarine off British coast—more than 80 years after it sank

Divers have discovered a German wartime submarine 20 miles off the coast of Devon — after it sank 82 years ago. The wreck was initially named an unidentified German U-boat by Ian Taylor and the Skin ...

Missing German WW2 U-boat found 82 years on

A German submarine that went missing during World War Two after being damaged by the Royal Navy has been discovered 82 years ...

81 years after British submarine sank Nazi U-boat, Norway faces mercury threat from its wreck

Norwegian authorities are grappling with a serious mercury contamination issue stemming from the sunken U-864 submarine, which met its fate during World War II. Recent investigations discovered ...
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German WW2 submarine discovered by divers off UK coast – 82 years after it was sunk by Royal Navy ship’s ‘hedgehog’

A GERMAN U-boat sunk by British “hedgehog” weapons 82 years ago has been discovered off the coast of Devon. Divers searching for an unconfirmed wreck had a “jackpot moment” as they found the World War ...

In 1945, U-864 Nazi submarine carrying 67 tonnes of mercury sank near an Scandinavian island, 81 years later it's still threatning Norway

A German U-boat sunk off Norway in 1945 is still posing an environmental challenge because it may contain up to 67 tonnes of mercury. The wreck of U-864 was carrying the toxic metal to Japan when it ...