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 Tom Bevan & Lorna Hughes

Stunning underwater pictures show the wreckage of German U-boat sunk off Britain during the Second World War

Incredible underwater photos show the wreckage of a German U-boat sunk off Britain during the Second World War.

The wreck lies near to two other U-boats and is believed to have been taken out by a deep-trap minefield laid by HMS Apollo.

The images show divers and fish getting as close as safely possible to what remains of the submarine on the ocean bed around 75 years later.

The scenes were taken by Dive Newquay who took a group to the remains of the U-1021, nine nautical miles off the coast of Cornwall.

Dive Newquay described the recent underwater expedition as “a truly epic dive”.

The wreck lies near to two other U-boats (Dive Newquay /SWNS)

A spokesperson added: "The U1021 lies about nine nautical miles from Newquay Harbour and sits in 55m of water. Dives of this depth are considered technical, which require special planning and different breathing gasses.

"Four divers - James Taylor, Joe Gurney, Sean Dixon and Carl Knight took part in it."

The U102 sits in around 55m of water (Dive Newquay / SWNS)

The spokesman added: "It was a 85 minute dive with 30 minutes spent at the bottom, the remaining time spent decompressing before surfacing.

"It was the best visibility we have ever seen on the wreck and was a truly epic dive."

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