Saturday, June 16, 2012

First World War British Submarine Found 94 Years

Lt-Cdr Edward Courtney Boyle aboard HMS E14

First World War British Submarine Found 94 Years After Being Abandoned -- The Telegraph

A British submarine which executed one of the most daring raids of the First World War, penetrating the Dardanelles to sink a small flotilla of Turkish warships, has been found 94 years after being abandoned.

HMS E14 was located intact by Turkish documentary-makers on the ocean bed of the Dardanelles after a search that began in January.

In 1915, Lt-Cdr Edward Courtney Boyle was decorated with the Victoria Cross after steering E14 through these heavily defended straits at the height of the Gallipoli campaign.

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My Comment: I read about this military operation in university. Yup .... the Brits were ahead of their time when it came to submarine operations.

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