Survey work carried out by Îá°®³Ô¹Ï’s School of Ocean Science’s research vessel the Prince Madog, led to the discovery of submarine U87 which was damaged and sunk on Christmas Day 1917.
The discovery was part of a joint research project with the Royal Commission on Ancient & Historic Monuments in Wales’s Heritage Lottery funded project: Commemorating the Forgotten U-boat War around the Welsh Coast, 1914-18.
Monday’s programme explores three different German U-Boat wrecks from the First and Second World War with maritime archaeologist Dr Innes McCartney of Bournemouth University.
In the story of U87, Innes and Dr Mike Roberts of Îá°®³Ô¹Ï locate the vessel in the Irish Sea, from the University’s research vessel, the Prince Madog, explaining how it was sunk after being attacked by an Allied warship.
