WWI submarine found off Shetland

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A German U-boat sunk in the First World War has been discovered off the coast of Shetland, the Shetland Times reports.

The submarine UC-55 was sunk in 1917 by the Royal Navy around eight miles south-east of Lerwick, with 11 crew members dying and the survivors being taken as prisoners of war.

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