British World War II submarine, sunk during mission in 1942, found after 25-year search -
Researcher Kostas Thoctarides announced the find of the submarine, after 25 years of searching, on the floor of the Aegean on Wednesday.
Upon finding the sunken sub, Mr. Thoctarides and crew were able to discern an idea of what happened. An MK VIII torpedo was still halfway out of its tube after 81 years underwater, with three other fired MK VIII torpedoes being found near the submarine, indicating that the ship was involved in a battle at the time it sank.
On board were 55 crewmen, two commandos, and seven officers, as well as Lieutenant George Atkinson, who worked for British intelligence agency MI9 and for the covert Special Operations Executive army. The agents headed to the nearby island of Antiparos. Atkinson was carrying gold and cash meant to help specific people in German-occupied Athens, radios for communication with Cairo, and something he should not have had — an operations paper containing the aliases of 37 members of the Greek resistance, labeled specifically “do not bring ashore.”
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