This was an altogether weirder article than I was expecting.
Experts believe the vessel could be the UB-85, a sub sunk by HMS Coreopsis in 1918, according to official records. However, naval folklore suggests it may have been attacked by a "sea monster".
The entire crew of the U-boat is reported to have abandoned ship due to the "monster attack" and once aboard the British HMS Coreopsis, their commander, Captain Krech described their encounter.
He is said to have spoken of a beast with "large eyes, set in a horny sort of skull… with teeth that could be seen glistening in the moonlight". He apparently claimed that the sub was so damaged in its battle with the "monster", it could no longer submerge. It was found floating on the surface of the water by the Coreopsis.
Dr Innes McCartney, a historian and nautical archaeologist... said tales of sea monsters and haunted U-boats came about due to secrecy surrounding exactly what happened during the first U-boat war which meant that period was "ripe for conspiracies". He said the stories were often concocted as a result of journalists and ex-Navy men "talking late at night, after having a nice time".
He added: "I don't think it was a sea monster. I like the idea of Nessie doing her bit for the war effort but in reality the real sea monster was the U-boat."
But Gary Campbell, the keeper of the Official Sightings Register of the Loch Ness Monster, said: "It is entirely feasible that some large sea creature disabled the submarine. The World War One report from the captain of the British ship HMS Hilary a year earlier makes it clear that sea farers at that time were well aware of large sea 'monsters' that could be harmful to their ships. The area of sea where the attack took place has a history of sea monster sightings - they have ranged from the north coast of Wales to Liverpool bay. What the German captain said could well be true."
The expert on sea monsters said it was probably a sea monster what done it, so that must be true then. The guy with a PhD is probably an elitist tool of the establishment.
Or maybe this whole article is actually just promotional material for the Doctor Who Christmas special ?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-37691283
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