A BRITISH ship that sank on the anniversary of the Titanic - killing 279 - has been found after more than a century lost in the depths of the sea. Built as an ocean liner, the SS Arcadian was chartered by the Royal Navy in 1915 during the First World War and sank on April 15, 1917 when it was blasted by a German torpedo. 9 A postcard of the Arcadian in 1906, when it was the Orton Credit: Pen News 9 The sinking of the Arcadian after it was blasted by a torpedo Credit: Pen News 9 This is the old deck on the Arcadian Credit: Pen News 9 The stern accommodation on the wreck after it was found deep below the surface Credit: Pen News 9 A Greek team tracked it down 107 years after the sinking It was five years to the day after the Titanic disaster.
Titanic survivor Thomas Threlfall was on board and managed to elude the sinking of the Arcadian too. Now her wreck has been found in the Aegean Sea 107 years later, discovered by a Greek team southeast of the Cycladic island of Sifnosat at a depth of 163 metres. Team leader Kostas Thoctarides said: “The main feeling was excitement and a sense of satisfaction.
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