The last resting place of 11 heroes whose boat sank during the First World War Discovered by Divers

6 years ago
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The final resting place of 11 heroes whose boat sank during the First World War has finally been discovered. During the conflict, British fishermen were pressed into becoming minesweepers in a "bloody but forgotten chapter of the First World War”.

Nearly one in five of those who took part were killed, including a team of 11 onboard the St Ives, which hit a mine in the Fal Estuary, near Falmouth, Cornwall.

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