Divers may have found scuttled U-boat

A volunteer search and rescue unit from Co Cork has found what experts believe may be a scuttled Second World War U-boat on the bottom of Lough Foyle.

Divers may have found scuttled U-boat

The Mallow Search and Rescue Unit has now been asked by the authorities in the North and the Royal Navy to conduct more detailed scans on the wreck site over the coming days as efforts are stepped up to identify the mystery object.

It was found about three weeks about as the Mallow team swept the lake using their state-of-the-art side-scanning sonar device in a search for a missing person.

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