Sunken WWI U-Boats a Bonanza For Historians

schwit1 writes "Archaeologists have found the rusting remains of 44 submarines off the United Kingdom's coast, an oceanic graveyard made up mostly of vessels from the German Imperial Navy dating to World War I. Der Spiegel reports a quartet of divers are now at work probing the massive trove of 41 German U-boats, and a trio of English submarines, found at depths of up to 50 feet, off England's southern and eastern coasts. 'We owe it to these people to tell their story.' says archaeologist Mark Dunkley."

Comments

Re:We can thank the code breakers

[Longjmp]

Oh yes, Turing was a genius, helping to sink German U-Boats at the age of 6 ;)

UB 40

[Longjmp]

From the article:

Dunkley and his team of divers found UB 17 off England's east coast, [...]

Let me know when they find UB 40 ...

Re:UB 40

[OhANameWhatName]

Just to be clear, for people not alive in the UK in the 80s the name of the band UB40 came from the code on the unemployment benefit form

You owe me a new geek credibility meter.

Re:We can thank the code breakers

[smittyoneeach]

Don't you get on Al Gore's internet* and start blathering about facts, young man.



*Al Gore did not invent the internet. This reply is meant for humorous value in this specific context only, and is not intended for use in a factual exchange.

Re:we didn't had submarines in ancient Greece

[smittyoneeach]

I am Greek living in Greece and i feel insulted

As well you should, but not for this particular reason.

Re:Only 15m down?

[dbc]

That probably says a lot about how pleasant sport diving is off the North East coast of England. Let's see...... Grand Cayman, or the North Sea.... think think....