Divers Explore Wreckage Of Ww1 Submarine 100 Years After It Sank – (Look)

Divers Explore Wreckage Of Ww1 Submarine 100 Years After It Sank – (Look)

Divers Explore Wreckage Of Ww1 Submarine 100 Years After It Sank – (Look) Dominic Robinson/ Rick Aryton / SWNS A group of divers have explored the wreckage of a First World War-era Royal Navy submarine 100 years after it sank. Professional shipwreck diver and YouTuber Dominic Robinson and a team of 10 dived down to check out the century-old M1 sub 20 miles off the coast of Plymouth in mid-August. Dominic Robinson / Rick Aryton / SWNS They found her in a wreck, missing the famed 12-inch gun—typical of the era’s battleships—which she apparently carried as armament. The HMS M1 was constructed during WW1 but was never used in combat due to fears the Germans would copy its revolutionary design. The sub sank in 1925 when a Swedish ship, the SS Vidar, is believed to have accidentally struck her while she was submerged—leading to the loss of all crew—another little tragedy amid the tragic, inconclusive European conflict. It was missing until a salvage team located it in 1967 and was then formally ide…