Considering they wrongly identified an Italian wreck as the Regent back in 2003, let's hope they've got it right this time. "A British submarine that vanished during the Second World War is believed to have been found, solving a mystery almost 80 years in the making. On April 18, 1943, an explosion was heard offshore near Monopoli, on Italy's Adriatic coast, and the HMS Regent was never seen again. Four bodies – clad in the Davis escape gear used by British submariners – washed ashore in the weeks that followed. But the bodies were never identified and the wreck was never found, meaning there was no closure for the families of the 62 crew. Hopes were dashed in 2003, when the wreck of an Italian submarine near Barletta, some 70 miles north of Monopoli, was wrongly identified as the Regent. But now experts believe they have the real thing, with divers assisted by the Italian Naval League (LNI) – a government body – claiming to have found the wreck off the coast near Villanova di Ostuni, some 19 miles from Monopoli. It's hoped the discovery will bring closure to the families of the fallen." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11444167/Vanished-WWII-submarine-HMS-REGENT-80-years.html
