Submarine that went missing on secret World War II mission found

The wreck of a British submarine that helped pioneer particular forces operations has been found off the coast of Greece, the place it sank throughout World War II.

Veteran Greek diver Kostas Thoctarides introduced on social media he discovered the wreck of HMS Triumph at an undisclosed location beneath the Aegean Sea, the AFP news company reviews.

It marked the end result of his seek for the lacking Royal Navy vessel that spanned greater than 20 years.

The deck gun on HMS Triumph remained intact on this photograph from the wreck. (Ok. Thoctarides/PlanetBlue.gr)

The British submarine HMS Triumph went lacking in January 1942 throughout World War II. (Getty)

Thoctarides, who started exploring for the submarine in 1998, mentioned in a Facebook put up earlier this month it was “the hardest mission I have ever undertaken in my life”.

He additionally posted video and pictures of the wreck web site at 200m under the ocean, exhibiting the submarine’s compass, deck gun and steering wheel.

Researchers in Germany, Britain, Italy and Greece helped establish the vessel’s closing resting place, Thoctarides mentioned.

HMS Triumph was formally declared lacking with its 64 crew in January 1942 because it carried out a secret mission off Greece, Live Science reviews.

It was scheduled to rescue about 30 British troops who had escaped their German guards from a small Aegean Island.

But the submarine by no means turned up and the escapees have been recaptured.

The submarine was scheduled to gather a celebration of escaping British troops however didn’t flip up. (Ok. Thoctarides/PlanetBlue.gr) (Nine / Supplied)

The fateful mission was the final for HMS Triumph after it helped pioneer particular operations through the warfare.

These included the rescue of a number of Allied troopers trapped in North Africa and an infiltration into Nazi-occupied Greece of British spies to assist resistance teams.

The discovery of HMS Triumph comes after explorers introduced in April they discovered a sunken Japanese ship that was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, leading to Australia’s largest maritime wartime loss with a complete of 1080 lives.