Scapa Bay off the coast of Orkney has about 100 shipwrecks, including several German warships scuttled in 1919
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Scapa Bay off the coast of Orkney has about 100 shipwrecks, including several German warships scuttled in 1919
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The largest concentration of wrecked warships off the British coast has been given new legal protections to preserve what remains of several First World War vessels, it has been announced.
Historians said new finds could be ‘the missing link’ to understanding more about England’s shipbuilding history
The missing vessel sank in just 3 minutes after being hit by a torpedo, leaving all 131 people on board dead
The warships will monitor Russian naval movements in the waters
Treasures from wreck of Queen Anne’s Northumberland uncovered off Kent coast as erosion pressures archaeologists
Archaeologists in race to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck
A British superyacht that sank off Sicily last August, claiming seven lives, has resurfaced for the first time as salvage crews…
