Cutter Tampa wreck is found off Cornwall after century
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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?