Wrecks of WWI Submarines Located off of Welsh Coast

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45676923

U-87 went down off the north Wales coast when it was rammed by an escort vessel hours after sinking a steamship. The survey of the U-boat is part of a project examining World War One shipwrecks around the Welsh coast. The technology has also been used to capture a new, more detailed view of a
British submarine which sank in Caernarfon Bay, Gwynedd, in March 1918. The colour image shows the broken hull of HMS H5 which was rammed by a British merchant ship that had thought it was an enemy vessel. A survey boat carrying the sonar equipment has also generated an image of the German U-87, which went to the seabed with more than 40 crew on board, after it was hit by HMS Buttercup.

So far, about a dozen wreck sites have been analysed, including the British submarine, HMS H5, which went down with its 26-man crew on 2 March 1918, off Holy Island in Caernarfon Bay. The merchant ship, the SS Rutherglen, reported that it had hit a German U-boat but, after the HMS H5 was overdue by four days, it became apparent that it had been struck.

I think their identification of the submarine is wrong though. There was an HMS Buttercup patrol sloop during the war, but as far as I know U-87 was sunk by P-56 (A different patrol sloop). U-87 was also sliced in half. Still a cool find though! From Verschollen: World War One U-Boat Losses by Dwight R. Messimer;

P-56 dropped two depth charges that exploded and forced the U-boat to surface. P-56 rammed the U-Boat midway between the conning tower and the stern, cutting the boat in two. The stern section sank immediately, but the forward section remained afloat for a short time and the crew on P-56 could see men inside the U-boat.