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German WWII submarine lost to a typo found after 82 years
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German WWII submarine lost to a typo found after 82 years

The German submarine U-672 was badly damaged by a British warship in July 1944, and its captain ordered the crew to abandon ship. All 52 crew members survived and were rescued the next day, but the submarine’s exact resting place remained a mystery for 82 years. In August, divers from Portland discovered an unidentified wreck about 32 kilometres off Devon, at a depth of roughly 70 metres. They soon identified it as U-672, whose location had been lost because of a typo in the records.
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