Updated
Updated · Fox News · May 10
Cutter Tampa wreck is found off Cornwall after century
Updated
Updated · Fox News · May 10

Cutter Tampa wreck is found off Cornwall after century

7 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 10
  • The U.S. Coast Guard said the wreck lies about 50 miles off southwest England at depths exceeding 300 feet, identified with British volunteer dive team Gasperados.
  • Tampa was torpedoed by a German submarine in 1918 and sank within three minutes, killing all 131 aboard in the deadliest U.S. naval combat loss of World War I.
  • Officials said the three-year search used historical records to distinguish the site from many nearby wrecks, and further underwater research is planned with respect for the war grave.
How did a volunteer dive team solve a WWI naval mystery that had endured for over a century?
After 108 years, what comes next for the 131 souls lost aboard the sunken cutter Tampa?