Shipwreck off Cornish coast thought to be missing US warship

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A volunteer diving team believes it has discovered the wreckage of a US Coast Guard vessel torpedoed by a German submarine during the First World War, following a three-year hunt off the Cornish coastline.The Gasperados Dive Team announced they had located what they believe to be USCGC Tampa resting approximately 100 metres beneath the surface, around 50 nautical miles north of Newquay.The group has notified the US Coast Guard Historian's Office about their discovery.Despite the absence of a nameplate on the ship's stern, the divers maintain that the "weight of evidence" strongly suggests this is the long-lost vessel.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "We had a list of about 10 possible targets and the Tampa turned out to be number 10," said Chris Lowe, skipper of the dive boat Atlantic Diver, which launched expeditions from Newquay Harbour.The Tampa served as a convoy escort during the Great War, shepherding vessels across dangerous waters.

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On September 26, 1918, the cutter was struck...

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