Mystery solved as Australian submarine is found after 103 years

One of Australia's oldest naval mysteries has been solved after the discovery of the wreck of the country's first submarine - more than 103 years after its disappearance in the First World War.

Mystery solved as Australian submarine is found after 103 years

One of Australia's oldest naval mysteries has been solved after the discovery of the wreck of the country's first submarine - more than 103 years after its disappearance in the First World War.

The AE1 vanished off the New Guinean island of New Britain on September 14 1914, with 35 crew aboard from Australia, New Zealand and Britain.

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