Another shipwreck found! "The wreck of a British submarine, which vanished at the height of World War Two, has been discovered lying at the bottom of the sea off Malta, university marine archaeologists said on Thursday. HMS Urge had been based with other submarines in Malta and had carried out several deadly missions when the British navy ordered it and rest of the flotilla to redeploy to Egypt because of a relentless German siege of the Mediterranean island. On April 27, 1942 Captain Edward Tomkinson, his 29 crew and ten passengers left Malta for their new base in Egypt. They failed to arrive at Alexandria on 6 May 1942 and its fate has always been a mystery - until now. The search was led by researchers at the University of Malta, including the grandson of Lieutenant-Commander EP Tomkinson, Francis Dickinson. The University of Malta team, which has spent two decades surveying the local seas, said that at Dickinson's request, they combed an area this summer that had once been heavily mined by Nazi forces. A sonar image revealed a submarine-like shape at a depth of 130 meters some two miles off the coast and a subsequent search by an unmanned diving craft revealed the U-Class Submarine, with a large chunk of its bow missing. The university said the British defense ministry had reviewed their material and confirmed it was the wreck of Urge. A statement released by the Royal Navy said that the wreck would now become a war grave, and that a commemorative ceremony is planned for April." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7635949/Royal-Navy-submarine-vanished-without-trace-WWII-pictured-time.html
*Bumped for an update* Identity has been confirmed as HMS Urge- www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9565517/WWII-Wreck-coast-Malta-confirmed-missing-submarine-HMS-Urge.html
