In 1945, a British submarine sank Nazi U-864 off Norway; 81 years later, authorities recovered 22 mercury containers from a wreck believed to have carried as much as 67 tons of mercury
- In February 1945, the British submarine HMS Venturer sank the German U-boat U-864 off Norway’s Fedje island, killing all 73 people aboard.
- More than eight decades later, the wreck has become the centre of a very different problem: a potentially massive mercury cargo that remains on the seabed.
- In June 2026, Norwegian authorities recovered 22 mercury containers from the wreck during an underwater investigation, as per a report by Diario AS.
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- In February 1945, the British submarine HMS Venturer sank the German U-boat U-864 off Norway’s Fedje island, killing all 73 people aboard.
- More than eight decades later, the wreck has become the centre of a very different problem: a potentially massive mercury cargo that remains on the seabed.
- In June 2026, Norwegian authorities recovered 22 mercury containers from the wreck during an underwater investigation, as per a report by Diario AS.
Sources: Times of India