Submarine Sunk During World War I Dumps Hazardous Substances Into North Sea
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On April 19, 1917, the German submarine UC-30 crashed into a British mine while sailing near the Danish island of Rømø. The explosion sank it in a matter of minutes and took with it the 27 crew members travelling on board. The submarine disappeared under the waters of the loaded North Sea ... Continue reading "Experts discover a German submarine sunk in 1917 in front of Denmark that continues to release TNT more than a century later"
German submarine that sank during World War I dumps explosives into North Sea
Researchers have found traces of explosives in water, sediment and marine organisms near a wreck that is more than a century old, drawing attention to the broader problem of military wrecks on the seabed.
The submarine of the First World War, sunk almost 110 years ago, has been releasing harmful explosive substances, particularly TNT, to the North Sea for decades.
The German submarine of World War I, known as SM UC-30, returned to Germany in April 1917 when it hit a British mine and sank into the North Sea. The 27 men on board died in the shipwreck. The submarine still carried 18 mines and six torpedoes, which contained a significant amount of explosive material. For decades, the exact location of the shipwreck remained unknown. In 2016, the Danish diver Gert Normann Andersen located the wrecks in the Nor…
It has been lying 48 metres deep in the North Sea for more than a century, and thanks to a European research programme, we know today that its wreck contaminates the surrounding bottoms. With TNT in this case, a compound highly toxic to marine fauna.
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