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Imagine ramming a German submarine in
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the First World War and never even
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knowing you'd done it.
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This is the wreck of the SS East Point
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lying in about 67 m of water.
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It's a brilliant dive and one I've
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returned to many times.
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With modern multi-beam sonar, we can
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even visualize the entire shape of the
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wreck before entering the water.
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But the real story happened on the day
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At the time, East Point was operating
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under the Furness Withy Line when she
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collided with the successful German
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The impact smashed into the submarine's
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Two of the four men standing there were
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including the commander,
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Captain Lieutenant Bernard Boots,
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a U-boat captain who'd already sunk 21
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ships totaling more than 50,000 tons.
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But here's the really extraordinary
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Nobody on the East Point even knew it
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The crew had already abandoned ship long
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before the collision took place.
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when I dive this wreck, I'm not just
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exploring a ship on the seabed.
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I'm visiting the site of one of the
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strangest encounters in the entire First
