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Memorial plaque to be placed at the wreck of German U-Boat

The U-246 sank in 1945

A group of divers is set to place a memorial plaque at the wreckage of a German U-boat. 

The U-246 sank off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man in 1945 . 

Adrian Corkhill, a local shipwreck researcher, told Manx Radio he was contacted by Josef Schroer whose great uncle, Johannes Huls, was on-board the ship:

Mr Schroer says it was when he and his father were researching their ancestry that they decided to find out more about their relative:

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