Team Finds Wreck Of US Warship Sunk By German U-Boat Over 100 Years Ago
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By Christine Sellers
Published on April 30, 2026.
A British diving team has discovered the wreck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, which was sunk by a German submarine in 1918 with 131 people aboard. The wreck was located about 50 miles from Newquay, a town on the north coast of Cornwall in the UK. The ship was part of Allied Powers operations during World War One and was the largest single loss of American lives in naval combat during Word War One. The German submarine UB-91 torpedoed the Tampa in under three minutes. Following the discovery, the Coast Guard is working on an agenda for underwater study and exploration using historians, robotics and more.
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