The wreck of a WWI German U-boat sunk by the U.S. Navy in 1922 has been discovered off the East Coast of the United States, about 40 miles off Virginia and at a depth of about 400 feet.

U Boat 139 which sank the Lusitania shown in an undated photo. Location unknown. The British liner was sank on May 7, 1915, by a German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland.

Researchers said they think the wreck is one of two German U-boats sunk by British patrol ships in the Irish Sea in 1918 — including one that was supposedly attacked by a sea monster, according ...

The oldest U-boat you can visit is actually the first, as the U-1 wasn't used during WWI for combat operations. It hit another vessel in 1919 and was decommissioned, and now it resides in the ...

The U-111, the last World War I-era German submarine to be discovered in U.S. waters, was sunk off the coast of Virginia in 1922 by the U.S. Navy, sinking to the seabed at what was thought to be a ...

90-year-old WWI U-boats discovered (AFP) Updated: 2006-11-23 16:28. LONDON - The wrecks of two German U-boats from World War I have been found off the coast of the Orkney Islands, north of ...

British recover bell from U.S. destroyer sunk by U-boat in WWI Bell from the USS Jacob Jones to be returned to Washington Navy Yard after a century under water February 20, 2024 More than 1 year ago ...

Germany first started testing submarines in 1851, and by the end of WWI, had built some 334 U-boats (with another 226 under construction). They were vastly superior to U.S. subs.

Two submarine wrecks, believed to be uncharted WWI German U-boats, have been discovered by chance off Orkney. A team working on a Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) tug made the find during a ...

Explorers say they've found the wreckage of a British warship that was sunk by a German U-boat during World War I.. Some 524 people, including the ship's captain, perished when the HMS Hawke went ...

The oldest U-boat you can visit is actually the first, as the U-1 wasn't used during WWI for combat operations. It hit another vessel in 1919 and was decommissioned, and now it resides in the ...