Unexploded Ordnance UXO. Identification of a British 21-inch WWII steam torpedο.

Model Mark VIII **
According to primary historical sources derived from British & German war diaries it came from a submarine that had unsuccessfully attempted an attack in 1942. The Mark VIII was the first burner-cycle torpedo in service. Although the original design dates from the 1920s, those manufactured during and after World War II were to a much-modified design. The Mark VIII was the British torpedo most used during World War II and was supplied to destroyers and MTBs as well as submarines. Depth : - 66 msw, Saronic Gulf area, Greece 2022.