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WWI US Warship Found Off Cornwall

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The wreckage of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa has been discovered 50 miles offshore from Cornwall, UK. The vessel sank in 1918 after being torpedoed by a German submarine, resulting in 130 deaths. The Gasparados dive team identified the ship at a depth of more than 300 feet.

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“the US CGC Tampa, which sunk during World War I, has been discovered off the coast of Cornwall in the UK, located 50 miles offshore, at a depth of more than 300 feet.”

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“After more than a century beneath the Atlantic, a lost US warship has finally been found. The package of the US CGC Tampa, which sunk during World War I, has been discovered off the coast of Cornwall in the UK.”

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“submarine in 1918 and sank in under three minutes, killing all 130.”

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