Divers have discovered a German submarine that went missing during the Second World War off the Devon coast.

The wreck had been sitting on the seabed, about 230ft (70m) down, but it had been assumed to be a sunken First World War sailing vessel.

But in July, divers discovered it was a German U-boat. The following month, a dive team called the Gasperados headed out to try to identify it and said clues pointed strongly towards it being one particular boat, U-672.

HMS Balfour had attacked the submarine in July 1944, and its 52 crew scuttled it and survived. However, navy log had coordinates for it that were nearly 40 nautical miles away.

After its attack, the U-boat was left leaking underwater.…