the Wreck of a british submarine that disappeared without a trace during the Second world War, have now been found on the seabed off Malta’s coast. It informs marinearkæologer behind the discovery to Reuters.
the Submarine HMS Urge disappeared without a trace, as 27. april 1942 headed for the egyptian port city of Alexandria. On board was a crew of 43 men and a journalist.
HMS Urge had done several formidable and successful missions, together with the rest of the she crossed the atlantic was ordered to Egypt because of the German siege of Malta.
HMS Urge, did never arrive to Alexandria, and its fate has been shrouded in mystery until now.
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A ekspeditionshold from the University of Malta has spent two decades searching for the lost submarine. It was only in the summer, when they got a call from a grandson of the HMS Urges the commander, there came a breakthrough in the search.
his Grandson, invited the team to explore an area filled with German mines during the war, and here revealed a sonarsignal the outline of a submarine at 130 meters depth of about three kilometers off the coast.
A subsequent dive with an unmanned vessel revealed that there was talk of HMS Urge, and that there is a large hole in the bow.
– the Damage on the bow shows a very violent explosion. It indicates that it is sunk very quickly without any chance of survival.
– in addition to the damage on the bow is the wreck, however, in fantastic condition. It stands right up on the ocean floor pointing in the direction in which it was ordered to take on the road to Alexandria, says professor Timmy Gambin, who has been in charge of the expedition, to the maltese broadcaster PBS.
The uk ministry of defence, for the University of Malta confirmed that there is talk about the missing vessel.
A ceremony, where findestedet officially declared a krigsgrav, is now scheduled to take place in april 2020.
