{WWI German} U-boats' last resting place found (BBC)

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Two submarine wrecks, believed to be uncharted WWI German U-boats, have been discovered by chance off Orkney.

A team working on a Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) tug made the find during a routine sonar survey.

The submarines - reported missing in the area in 1918 - were discovered about 70 miles off Sanday Sound.

One was under the control of Commander Kurt Beitzen, who had previously mined and sunk HMS Hampshire carrying Lord Kitchener in 1916.

Plans of the two U-boats have been examined by experts, who have identified the wrecks as U-102 and U-92, which may have been sunk by a series of mines.


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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/6172692.stm

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1. cool.

Thanks for posting this - I have a thing for WWI and ships of the period.