Lost submarine from World War I found after 103-year search
 

Lost submarine from World War I found after 103-year search
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One of World War I's biggest mysteries has finally been solved after a 103-year search.

On Sep. 14, 1914, Australia's first submarine, the HMAS AE1, disappeared off the coast of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.*

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It followed a successful mission to help capture what was then known as German New Guinea, and was the first loss for what was a young Royal Australian Navy.*

35 crew members went missing without a trace.

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The AE1.

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That's until an expedition this week, the 13th search for the submarine, which located the AE1 on Wednesday off the coast of the Duke of York Island group, in east Papua New Guinea.* Read more...

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