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3 hours ago
- ITV News
WW1 ship HMS Nottingham lost for 110 Years discovered in North Sea
Footage from ProjectXplore of the underwater discovery shows parts of the ship still intact, with the name of the ship embossed on the body The wreck of a warship named after the city of Nottingham has been discovered after being lost for 110 years. The HMS Nottingham was sunk by a German submarine during the First World War. Despite attempts over the past century to locate her final resting place, the well-preserved wreck had been hidden until now. An international team of divers discovered the Royal Navy warship 60 miles offshore in the North Sea. Divers found some parts still intact and well-preserved, with nine 6-inch guns, the original wooden decking in place and white dinner plates stamped with a Royal Navy blue crown. 38 sailors lost their lives when the ship sank on 19 August 1916, some were no older than teenagers at the time. The captain, 20 officers and 357 crew were rescued. According to research by ProjectXplore, sailors abandoned ship only at the last minute, with the HMS Nottingham reportedly firing at the German submarine until she sank. Similar ships named after other towns and cities were sold for breaking up in the 1920s to 1940s. Until her discovery, the HMS Nottingham was the last missing Royal Navy cruiser of the First World War. The ship was found by deep sea exploration team ProjectExplore in April, with divers returning to explore the ruins in July. After months of research of ships' logs, telegrams and charts, divers Leo Fielding and Dan McMullen in April used underwater cameras to survey an area of the North Sea. In a report, they wrote about the moment they realised they had discovered the ship's ruins: "Eyes glued to the laptop, it seemed as if the waterfall wastaking an eternity to update. "Suddenly, the faint but unmistakable straight, narrow lines of the hull of a warship appeared on the starboard channel of the waterfall." They returned three months later from 14 to 20 July with a team of divers. Fielding and McMullen write: "With the exception of the bow area, the wreck's state of preservation was excellent... "Heading towards the stern, the team immediately noticed the lettering embossed 'NOTTINGHAM' just below the gunwales at the stern, next to a porthole looking into the Captain's day cabin. The wooden decking laid astern and amidships was still in place, with the davits lying across the deck... "Moving forward, on the port side behind the bridge, white plates were found stamped with a Royal Navy blue crown emblem, depicting alternating stern and sail motifs."
Sky News
6 hours ago
- Sky News
Divers discover Royal Navy warship HMS Nottingham 110 years after it was lost in action
Divers have discovered HMS Nottingham, a Royal Navy warship, 110 years after it was lost in action during World War I. The warship's wreck was located in the North Sea by a team of international divers from the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Spain. The team, operating under the banner ProjectXplore, extensively researched ships' logs, telegrams and charts before sonar scans revealed a wreck with similar dimensions, layout and position 60 miles offshore. Technical divers found HMS Nottingham lying on the seabed at a depth of 82 metres. On board, they found white dinner plates stamped with a Royal Navy blue crown emblem, depicting alternating stern and sail motifs as well as the embossed lettering "NOTTINGHAM" across the top of the stern. The Project Xplore crew said it had "no doubt" the wreck is that of HMS Nottingham, because of the ship's name stamp, her dimensions, main armament, anchor equipment, armour, propulsion and the fact that her condition on the seabed today closely matches reports of the circumstances of her loss. The Royal Navy warship, a Town-class light cruiser, was struck by three torpedoes on the port side and subsequently sunk on 19 August, 1916, after an encounter with German submarine U-52, part of the German high seas fleet. The captain, 20 officers and 357 crew were rescued by two Royal Navy destroyers, but 38 British soldiers were killed, some of whom were just teenagers. Despite numerous attempts over the past century to locate the ship's final resting place, the wreck had remained elusive until now. The divers found that much of the wreck's superstructure is still in place above the ship, which in some places rises eight to 10 metres high from the seabed. They also located a clear break forward of the bridge on the port side, which matches reports that two of the torpedo explosions struck there. HMS Nottingham is "remarkably intact" despite her battle scars, according to ProjectXplore. The ship is the best-preserved Town-class cruiser in the world, due to the vast majority of the others being sold for breaking up in the 1920s-1940s. Until her discovery, HMS Nottingham was the last missing Royal Navy cruiser of World War I.
BBC News
10 hours ago
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F-35B in Kerala: UK fighter jet stuck in India ready to fly
A state-of-the-art British fighter jet that has been stuck at an Indian airport for more than five weeks is set to fly out on F-35B is due to be "pulled back from the hangar today and the departure is scheduled for Tuesday", an airport spokesman told the BBC. "We do not have any technical details," he F-35B landed on 14 June at Thiruvananthapuram airport in the southern state of Kerala where it was diverted after it ran into bad weather during a sortie in the Indian Ocean. It then developed a technical prolonged presence on Indian soil sparked curiosity and raised questions about how such a modern aircraft could remain stranded in a foreign country for so long. After the plane, which was part of the fleet of the HMS Prince of Wales, was unable to return, engineers from the Royal Navy's flagship carrier visited it to fix they were unable to repair it, and a fortnight back, the UK ministry of defence said they had deployed a team of 14 engineers "to Thiruvananthapuram airport to assess and repair the F-35B aircraft".The team came with specialist equipment necessary for the movement and repair process, a statement said. Videos from the time showed the F-35B being towed away to a hangar. The curious case of the British jet stuck in IndiaThere had been speculation that if the technicians failed to repair the aircraft, it would have to be dismantled and carried out in a bigger cargo plane such as a C-17 Globemaster transport the past two weeks, the UK high commission in India and the defence authorities have responded to the BBC's messages saying they would not share details of on Monday, an airport official told the BBC that "the aircraft is confirmed to be airworthy". It is scheduled to be pulled out of the hangar on Monday morning, he said, adding that the exact time of its departure is "yet to be communicated, which airport will be used for refuelling on the way to London or when the backup aircraft will arrive to transport the technicians and equipment back".F-35Bs are highly advanced stealth jets, built by Lockheed Martin, and are prized for their short take-off and vertical landing of the "lonely F-35B", parked on the tarmac and soaked by the Kerala monsoon rains, made it a subject of jokes and memes with many suggesting that it did not want to leave the scenic state of Kerala, described as "God's own country" in tourism case of the stranded $110m (£80m) jet was also raised in the House of BBC News India on Instagram, YouTube, X and Facebook
