The Institute of Maritime Analysis introduced just lately that the wreckage of the World Battle II British submarine HMS Thistle has most likely been found outdoors Rogaland, Norway, after greater than 80 years on the seabed.
Within the Spring of 2023, the wreckage of an unknown submarine was found throughout a analysis cruise on the RV G.O. Sars, performed by way of the MAREANO program, which maps the biology and geology of the seabed.
After some analysis, the submarine was decided to be British and to be both HMS Oxley or HMS Thistle. The Oxley was sunk simply earlier than World Battle II and the Thistle throughout the battle. A subsequent analysis cruise in October 2023, decided that the wreckage was virtually definitely that of the Thistle.
“Upfront, we knew what traits we should always search for; thus we have been in a position to establish the wreck as Thistle, however with a small caveat that it’s the Royal Navy who’s answerable for the ultimate identification”, says cruise chief Kyrre Heldal Kartveit.
In April of 1940, HMS Thistle was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-4 with the lack of all 53 officers and crew.
The wreckage is now thought of a “conflict grave,” in accordance with the information launch as a result of it sank throughout wartime. The British Royal Navy maintains possession rights over the submarine, which rests 160 meters beneath the floor of the ocean.
