Wreck of submarine sunk on Christmas Day 1917 – now protected
An image from a multibeam sonar survey of an area approximately ten miles north-west of Bardsey Island reveals the wreck of the U-87 which was lost with all 43 hands on Christmas Day 1917. The German submarine was rammed by a British naval vessel shortly after it had sunk a cargo vessel nearby. In 2017 the Bangor Unive...
