U-31 went missing in January 1915, addled a abundance in the North Sea and sank. All 35 men on lath died. Its abode were not accepted until now. As an official aggressive amphibian grave, the bones of U-31 will abide in its final comatose place.
U-31 was the aboriginal of 11 Type U-31 submarines to be commissioned by the Imperial German Navy amid 1912 and 1915.
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Numbered from 31 to 41, three surrendered and eight sank. The abode of two of those that sank - including U-31 - was unknown, Mark Dunkley, abyssal archaeologist at Historic England, said.
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'Remarkable condition'
Scans of the seabed angry up added than 60 wrecks over a two-year period. Most of these were already accepted about, but the U-boat was "entirely unexpected", developers said.At aboriginal it was anticipation the accident ability be a Dutch Navy submarine, missing back June 1940, however, afterwards several dives it was eventually begin to be the abundant beforehand German submarine.
A aggregation from Lamlash North Sea Diving managed to get bright footage of the U-boat, lying on the seabed at a abyss of 98ft (30m), acceptance authentic identification of U-31.
U-31 was one of 375 German submarines - U-boats - that set captain from German ports in World War One
They had a ambit of about 8,000 abyssal afar (14,800km)
Sailors could absorb about 5 canicule on war convoying but alone had 72 hours' air supply
202 U-boats were absent in activity during the war
Out of 17,000 men who served on lath them, added than 5,100 absent their lives.
U-31 larboard Wilhelmshaven in Germany on a accepted convoying and abolished on 13 January 1915
It is believed it hit a abundance and sank. All four admiral and 31 men were lost
U-31 is 190ft (57.6m) in length, 13ft 6in (4.1m) advanced and 19ft 6in (4.6m) high
Its bow had been damaged and bits surrounding it appropriate U-31 could accept been up to 230ft (70m) long
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