WW1: Lost Wrecks of Jutland
Warfare
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The Second Wreck
Two destroyers from the first world war have been discovered in Cornwall. The mud is impossibly sinky, so it's very difficult to approach one of them. A recently placed anti erosion device means we can walk up to the second wreck without getting stuck. We've often wondered why there's still so much of these vessels left. They were sold to pound scrap yard in 19 27 and started scrapping them on sight. It was no longer economically valuable to recover metal off their sight.
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