What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records U-40 (possibly): North Sea as Submarine (20th Century)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
U-40 was a German U-boat, likely lost in the North Sea during World War I. It was probably sunk by a British destroyer in 1915, with no survivors reported; its loss contributed to the intensifying U-boat campaign in the North Sea.
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Places near here
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