submarine

In 1945, a British submarine sank Nazi U-864 off Norway; 81 years later, authorities recovered 22 mercury containers from a wreck believed to have carried as much as 67 tons of mercury

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In 1945, a British submarine sank Nazi U-864 off Norway; 81 years later, authorities recovered 22 mercury containers from a wreck believed to have carried as much as 67 tons of mercury

In February 1945, the British submarine HMS Venturer sank the German U-boat U-864 off Norway’s Fedje island, killing all 73 people aboard. More than eight decades later, the wreck has become the centre of a very different problem: a potentially massive mercury cargo that remains on the seabed. In June 2026, Norwegian authorities recovered 22 … Read more

‘American terrorist army’: Iran claims second US submarine seized in Hormuz

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'American terrorist army': Iran claims second US submarine seized in Hormuz

‘American terrorist army’: Iran claims second US drone seized in Hormuz (Reuters file photo) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy has claimed it captured a second advanced US unmanned underwater vehicle, the Remus 600, in the Strait of Hormuz.According to a statement carried by Iranian state broadcaster IRIB on Sunday, the operation targeted what … Read more

A World War II submarine detector was later used to map magnetic stripes on the seafloor, helping scientists prove that Earth’s tectonic plates move

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A World War II submarine detector was later used to map magnetic stripes on the seafloor, helping scientists prove that Earth’s tectonic plates move

A device built to track enemy submarines during the Second World War went on to become one of the most important tools in Earth science. The fluxgate magnetometer, first developed to detect small disturbances in the planet’s magnetic field caused by metal hulls beneath the ocean surface, was later adapted by scientists to study the … Read more