After 108 Years, a Missing WWI Ship was Just Found 300 Feet Underwater

Did you know a U.S. Coast Guard ship lost during World War I was missing for 108 years? Did you know its wreck has now been found more than 300 feet underwater off the coast of Cornwall? ▬Contents of this video▬ 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - The Lost Cutter 02:29 - Convoy Duty 03:59 - Three Minutes 04:56 - The Search 06:08 - What Comes Next 07:21 - Outro Want to see more awesome Facts Verse videos? Click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkXAntdjbcSK-Izojggb8HJU_v-JoKPth Like this content? Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/factsverse?sub_confirmation=1 Or, watch more videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkXAntdjbcSJlJnpP4FgdU0swKbnkNgJj This video tells the story of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, a vessel that began life as the Miami before becoming one of the most tragic American naval losses of World War I. In 1918, Tampa was escorting convoys through dangerous waters between Gibraltar and the British Isles, helping protect vital shipping from German submarines. After successfully helping another convoy reach the Irish Sea, the ship detached to refuel in Wales. That ordinary decision placed Tampa alone in the Bristol Channel, where German submarine UB-91 spotted her. A torpedo struck the cutter on September 26, 1918. The ship sank in less than three minutes, killing all 131 people aboard. Among the dead were 111 Coast Guardsmen, four U.S. Navy personnel, and 16 British personnel and civilians. For more than a century, the exact resting place of the ship remained unknown. Now, British technical divers from the Gasperados team have located and confirmed the wreck about 50 miles off Newquay, Cornwall. The discovery was made with help from Coast Guard historians, who provided archival images and technical details to confirm the site. This is the story of the Tampa’s service, its sudden destruction, the search that finally found it, and why this long-lost ship still matters more than a century after it disappeared beneath the Atlantic. After 108 Years, a Missing WWI Ship was Just Found 300 Feet Underwater