Ship which sunk off Rathlin gets listed

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Thursday, 15 June 2017 10:25

by Roger Donnelly

A ship which sunk off Rathlin Island during World War One has gained ' listed monument' status.

HMS Drake was torpedoed by a German U boat in Nineteen-Seventeen, killing nineteen sailors,and sunk in Church Bay.

The listing means that divers can still enter the popular wreck but won't be able to remove any item.

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