WW1 battleship found in deep water
The Danton, a French battleship sunk in 1917 by a German submarine, has been discovered in remarkable condition on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea.
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The Danton was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy. Serving in World War I, she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat in 1917, only to be rediscovered in 2009.
The Danton, with many of its gun turrets still intact, is sitting upright in over 1,000m of water. It was found by the Fugro geosciences company during a survey for a gas pipeline between Algeria and Italy.
Danton served in World War I in the French Mediterranean Fleet, helping to protect French troop and supply ships from attack by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. She also helped keep the Turkish battlecruiser TCG Yavuz Sultan Selim bottled-up in the Black Sea.
The Danton, which sank with 296 sailors still onboard, lies 35km southwest of the island of Sardinia.
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