After years of searching, the incredible wreck of a unique submarine has finally been discovered!

The discovery of a missing submarine, after 4 years of research

It was following multiple search attempts that two residents of the region found the wreck of a submarine buried under the cliffs of Buckton, between the village of Speeton and Bempton. Once the tide was low enough, Dan Shaw, one of the people behind the discovery, was able to see debris from a submarine he had been monitoring for four years, notably the hatch door after a “crazy coastal climbing” he testified to the BBC.

Dan Shaw, said it took him “multiple attempts” to find the wreck beneath Buckton Cliffs, off the coast of Bridlington.

A submarine dating from the First World War

The wreck is believed to be that of an HM G3 submarine, which survived the First World War but was lost in a storm on November 4, 1921, while being transported for scrap. She was wrecked at Filey Bay after breaking apart while being towed the following month.

Dan Shaw, reports to the British media BBC “as residents of the region, we wanted to find the submarine, it is part of history”.

This incredible discovery was made “ after an exhausting hike under the cliffs and some rock climbing we finally came across the submarine and what an amazing feeling to see it with our own eyes”.

A submarine like no other

According to the Scarborough Maritime Heritage Center (SMHC), a museum in North Yorkshire, parts of the wreck were recovered by an insurance company, and the rest was dynamited in 1940. Indeed, the latter could have been used landmark for invaders during World War II.

This submarine belonged to the Royal Navy, or in French the Marine Royale. This is the maritime part of the British Army which, together with the British Army and the Royal Air Force, form the British Armed Forces.

Sources : BBC, SMHC, Hunmanby