Researchers discovered the wreck of a World War II-era submarine off the coast of Norway this year. The HMS Thistle was a British sub that sank after being hit by a German vessel in 1940. AdvertisementAdvertisementA crew of Norwegian maritime researchers said they stumbled upon the long-lost wreck of a World War II-era British submarine that was torpedoed by a German submarine in 1940 just seven months after the war began. The HMS Thistle was torpedoed by a German submarine in April 1940. The HMS Thistle wreck is more than 500 feet below the ocean's surface.

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Persons: —, Kjell Bakkeplass, Oxley, Bakkeplass Organizations: HMS Thistle, Service, Norway's Institute, Marine Research, Institute of Marine Research, HMS, British Royal Navy, Institute for Marine Research, Norwegian, Thistle, Royal Navy Locations: Norway, British, Norwegian, German, Rogaland