After a 25-year search, the mysterious disappearance of British WWII submarine H.M.S. Triumph is coming to light.
After a 25-year search, the mysterious disappearance of British WWII submarine H.M.S. Triumph is coming to light after it was more than 650 feet below the blue waters of the Aegean Sea.It was the hardest mission Greek researcher Kostas Thoctarides said he had ever undertaken.
Triumph was lost in the blue waters of the Aegean on Jan. 9, 1942. It began its operations in May 1939. It carried out 20 combat patrols and saw significant successes during its operation, sinking several enemy ships and the Italian submarine Salpa. "In its tower, you can see the wooden steering wheel, compass, and 4-inch cannon that is slightly raised upwards," Thoctarides said. "The visible manholes in the cannon area leading inside the hull are also closed."
Thoctarides was first informed about the history of Triumph in 1998. After an extensive survey in the U.K. and a search of German and Italian archives, he began the mission., has found in Greek waters.Triumph departed from Alexandria, Egypt, for its final mission the day after Christmas 1941. A powerful storm sank the Steamship C.F. Curtis and the schooner barge Selden E. Marvin – one of two barges being towed by the Curtis – on November 18, 1914.
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