Case file · Haunting
The haunted U-boat UB-65
The German submarine UB-65 was said to be haunted by the ghost of an officer killed in an explosion during her building; crews reported seeing him on deck, and she was lost with all hands in July 1918.
1918 CE · 50.90, -5.40 · status: legend
The account
The story was spread after the war by naval psychologist Professor Hecht in 1921 and by later writers. The wreck was found in 2004 off the north coast of Cornwall.
The sceptical view
Much of the story cannot be found in German records, and the details grew in retelling. The wreck shows signs of an accident with her own torpedo or a mine.