From the March 16, 2011, CNN.
Dutch researchers found the wreck of the German submarine U-106 in 2009, but kept it secret until this week. The crew of the research ship HNLMS Snellins had hoped they had found a Dutch submarine that had disappeared in the area in 1940, but found this one. A brass plate on the sunken ship indicated that it was the U-106.
The announcement was delayed until now while German officials sought the relatives of crew members. It will not be raised and will be designated as a war memorial.
From the Old Salt Blog: The submarine was discovered in the North Sea off the north coast of the Netherlands. The ship is believed to have sunk after hitting a mine north of the Dutch island of Terschelling. The crew of 44 went down with the 838 ton, 234-foot long submarine launched in 1917. It is also referred to as the SM U-106.
From the Huffington Post: The ship is 130-feet deep and 40 miles north of the island. The Dutch submarine O-13 sank in the area in June 1940, but divers and remote cameras have identified the ship as the German one. The identifying brass plate that indentified the ship was on a water bottle. The U-106 sank in 1917.
Always Great to Locate a Lost Ship. --DaCoot
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