Image shows the torn deck plating of the V 1302 John Mahn that was damaged by the bomb that hit amidships, undated photo. Belgian scientists found out that the shipwreck leaked many pollutants into the sea, changing the ocean floor around it. Note: Licensed content. (VLIZ/Newsflash)
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24 October 2022
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A Nazi patrol boat sunk by the RAF in World War II is leaking toxic pollutants into the sea and is set to be even more dangerous as it rusts away, a new study has revealed. The V 1302 John Mahn was a German fishing trawler used as a patrol boat and sunk off the Belgian coast in 1942. Now...