As part of the U-Boat Project, 1914-18: Commemorating the War at Sea Bangor University have acquired new underwater footage of selected Great War wreck sites to better record and understand their current condition, and the marine life now inhabiting them. Dr Tim Whitton We look forward to sharing video clips and marine...
Today the Heritage Lottery Fund announced a grant of £409,700 for the Royal Commission’s partnership project: Commemorating the Forgotten U-boat War around the Welsh Coast, 1914-18. Thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, over the next two years the project will use the latest imaging techniques to re...
On Christmas Day 1917, U-87 attacked a convoy in St George’s Channel (in particular, the 4812-ton British steamship AGBERI). One of the convoy escorts, P56, was just 150 yards away from the AGBERI when it was struck and turned to ram the submarine while another escort, the BUTTERCUP, fired and hit its conning tow...
