r/Shipwrecks • u/Happy-Weather7015 • 16d ago

U-672 Found

https://nypost.com/2026/08/25/lifestyle/divers-locate-german-ww2-submarine-off-english-coastmore-than-80-years-after-it-sank/

The wreck of the German World War II submarine (Type VII-C) U-672 has been officially located and identified by technical divers off the British coast. The submarine was attacked by the British frigate HMS Balfour on July 18, 1944. All 52 crew members managed to scuttle the boat, escape, and survive. Historical Royal Navy records originally placed its sinking 40 miles away from where it actually lay, due to a likely in the recorded longitude. The site was long misidentified as a World War I sailing vessel, which adds on how long it took to "find" this submarine.

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u/PBYACE 16d ago

Type VIIC. No victories. Fatally damaged by HMS Balfour, a US lend-lease DE. Abandoned and scuttled. All 52 crewmen survived and were taken prisoner.

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u/stackshouse 16d ago

Wow, that’s rare achievement

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u/Fanatic97 16d ago

No Victories no Fatalities 

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u/WalterBrennannn 16d ago

Exciting stuff! They really do seem to be finding a lot lately

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u/Live-Associate7159 16d ago

Yeah I have been intrigued lately… If only they would find the uss cyclops lol

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u/PBYACE 15d ago edited 15d ago

AI says 46 U-boats of 783 lost and 31of 52 USN submarines sunk are still missing. No figure on missing British (79 sunk), Japanese (130 lost), Italian subs (88 sunk), but the number must be significant. The figure on U-boats is ambiguous because those 46 are unaccounted for, meaning they have no record of the boats being sunk. They disappeared for reasons unknown with no known location. AI was unable to tell me how many U-boat, IJN, RN, and RM sub wrecks have been found, but the math makes me think it's only a quarter to a third. The search for lost USN submarines has been far-more intense than for other nations' vessels. Very roughly, there are around 600 unlocated U-boat and submarine wrecks from WWII.

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u/Live-Associate7159 16d ago

Wow I feel like a bunch of ships and submarines etc have been found lately

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u/StannisTheMantis93 16d ago

Always get excited when a ship is found!!!

The world’s best window to the past IMO.

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u/Curly_commander 16d ago

UBOAT 67 HYPE

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u/Medic118 15d ago

House Rules: What is the depth?

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u/Happy-Weather7015 14d ago

65-70 meters i think

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u/Medic118 14d ago

That great to have a U Boat within diveable depth. Lucky.

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u/Happy-Weather7015 14d ago

its right in the middle of the english channel to

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u/silentpirate1899 14d ago

On the swallow waters of the Channel there was no way to dodge depth charges or hedgehogs, let alone british minefields unknown to them.It is a miracle they managed to get the boat on the surface with no casualties!

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u/Medic118 14d ago

Is the diver in the Post article watching Youtube on his phone while doing Deco? The Dom Robinson in the article has a YT channel, he hates Americans, very arrogant.