German WWI U-boat found after 100 years missing at sea

[Omaha Steve]

A different Imperial German Navy U-Boat, U-14, pictured in 1918 in the Black Sea. Photo: DPA

http://www.thelocal.de/20160122/german-wwi-u-boat-found-off-british-coast/

Published: 22 Jan 2016 08:44 GMT+01:00

A wreck found at the bottom of the sea off England has been identified as a long-lost German submarine from the First World War, an energy company announced on Thursday.

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ScottishPower Renewables workers detected the submarine lying 90 kilometres (56 miles) off the coast of Norfolk in East England, 30 metres deep in the North Sea, while researching for a windfarm development in 2012.

A team of Dutch Navy divers, who hoped the wreck might be the Netherlands' final missing submarine from the Second World War, investigated the wreck and filmed it where it lay preserved on the sea bed.

Studies identified the submarine as Germany's U-31, which left for a patrol on January 13, 1915 and never returned.

FULL story at link.

[FLPanhandle]

1. RIP sailors.

Sailing Home

Rest, our Salty Sailor, for now ye are home.

No more to wander, no more to ponder,
no farther on earth to roam.

Your bones groan no more, your heart no longer thirsts,
for sailing fair seas you will forever be,
sleeping aloft in our Lord's sweet berth.

Gone from us you are, but never very far,
for in our minds and hearts you are, forever sailing home.

[ladjf]

5. Nice poem. Thanks. nt

[The River]

6. Original Prose?

or is it by someone else?

As an "old salt" I'm curious...
tks

[FLPanhandle]

7. Not mine

But as a fellow "old salt" it was sent to me and I saved it. I should google it and find out the author.

[The River]

9. Found it

Christy-Lee Lowe

http://funeral-poems.net/poets/christy-lee-lowe

Fair winds and following seas mate.

[scscholar]

2. WWII

was not 100 years ago.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. No one said it was - the title reads "WWI" (nt)

[GummyBearz]

4. WWII wasn't

But this article is about WWI, which was

[cwydro]

10. Nah, not that war.

It was the "War To End all Wars."

The first one.

[Donkees]

8. Sea Mines Warfare 1914 – 1918

"The North Sea was the main location to lay sea mines. The location and the number of mines laid depended on the anticipated target in view. Some of the main aims for all warring parties were to defend their coasts, coastal travel, ports and naval bases. The Germans laid mines in distant waters to sink merchant and naval vessels serving Britain. The Allies often specifically targeted the German U-boats in the Strait of Dover, the Hebrides, and, most important, the Northern Barrage (see below).

Main minefields in the North Sea were the British East Coast including the Strait of Dover, Helgoland Bight and the Northern Barrage. A rough figure for each of these areas is 50,000 mines. The total number of mines in the North Sea was 190,000 and the total number during the whole of WWI was 235,000 sea mines."


http://www.climate-ocean.com/book%202005/05_14-Dateien/05_14.html

[Omaha Steve]

11. Kick