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Team in U-boat recovery dive (UK)

An exploratory dive to assess the chances of recovering a sunken U-boat is to take place off the Donegal coast.
The vessel - which did not see any war action - sank while being towed from Scotland to Londonderry to be scrapped.

Derry City Council plans to raise the Nazi submarine - U-778 - which lies 16 miles north west of Malin Head in about 70 metres of water.
Read entire article at BBC