The German submarine SM U-106 was lost in a minefield on 7 Oct 1917 about 40 miles north of Terschelling while homebound.

The wreck was already discovery by the Dutch Navy vessel Hr. Ms. Snellius in October 2009, but find was not announced to the public until Wednesday. "The news is only now released because the information had to be confirmed by German authorities and, where possible, relatives informed," the Ministry said in a statement.

In October 2009, the Hr. Ms. Snellius reported finding an unknown object while trying to map out water routes. A couple of monht later, a second Navy vessel examined the site with an underwater camera, which showed what appeared to be the remains of a submarine.

In February 2010, another Navy vessel again examined the site and was able to recover a large cylindrical air tank. The tank had several serial numbers that were registered to the SM U-106 submarine, which went missing in the region in 1917.

U-106 was commisioned on 28 Jul 1917, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans Hufnagel, and participated in one wartime patrol starting on 2 September 1917. On 18 September 1917, during the First Battle of the Atlantic, U-106 was credited with the sinking of HMS Contest, an Acasta class destroyer, and damaging "City of Lincoln", a 5,867 ton steamer, in the Western Approaches.

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