British divers have found a US shipwreck from World War One that had been missing under the ocean since 1917.
A team of deep divers discovered the USS Jacob Jones last week, 40 miles off the coast of the Isles of Scilly.
It was one of six Tucker-class destroyers built for the US Navy before America entered World War One.
The ship was the first of the destroyers to be sunk by enemy action when it was torpedoed by a German submarine.
66 of the 150 men onboard died.
Many were killed by the ship’s anti-submarine armed depth charges, which exploded as the vessel was sinking.
One seaman, Stanton F. Kalk, died of cold and exhaustion after repeatedly swimming between life rafts rescuing his fellow crewmen.
He was posthumously awarded the Navy’s Distinguished Service Medal for his heroic actions.
Dominic Robinson, one of the divers who found the ship, said: “This is such an exciting find.
“Jacob Jones was the first ship of its kind to be lost to enemy action.
“The ship, lost for over 100 years, has been on a lot of people’s wish lists because of its historical weight.
“It has a particular interest in America given the amount they spent on designing the destroyers.
“One of the most interesting things about this vessel was the remarkable stories that came with its sinking.
“The German submarine commander, Captain Hans Rose, showed an incredible act of kindness.
“He actually saw all the Jacob Jones men in the water and took two badly injured crewmen aboard his own submarine.
“He then radioed his enemies at the US base in Queenstown with their coordinates to come and rescue the survivors.”
Jacob Jones sank in eight minutes without issuing a distress call.
