The U-Boat is lying in just 77 feet of water on the Varne sandbank, just eight miles from Dover. After hitting a mine on April 11, 1918, she sank with all 28 crew on board. And this is the crux of the problem: U-33 has been designated a war grave, which makes it impossible to just blow the problem out of the water.

The possibility of placing a buoy above the wreck was also mooted, but it was thought to be as useful as "putting a speed hump in the fast lane of a motorway," (the UK equivalent to a freeway, where cars travel upwards of 50 mph) as the Varne Bank area is so congested with shipping.

The current plan is to move the sub gently to deeper waters. A vessel has temporarily been stationed above the U-Boat by Trinity House, the body in charge of British shipping lanes and lighthouses, and divers sent down to recce the wreck. The move is expected to take place in the next few weeks. [Daily Mail]

And here's their list of twenty reasons why we suck:

1. mobile wallet 2. MANGA on mobile 3. mobile check-in at airports 4. mobile keys for door 5. mobile employee badges 6. mobile cinema tickets 7. mobile transport passes 8. fingerprint authentication 9. face recognition/authentication 10. mobile discount/promotion coupons 11. scented phones 12. mobile fashion consultant 13. mobile live TV 14. wii-like mobile phones (motion-sensor) 15. physical bookmarks for mobiles (shops) 16. privacy screens 17. 1D and 2D codes for marketing and even on fruit and veg labels 18. mobile GPS navigation for pedestrians 19. electric wave posters (uses RFiD) 20. waterproof phones

Wow, I feel terrible. Especially those 1d and 2d codes on fruit and veg labels. And my phone doesn't even have a ringtone that can play the World's smallest violin as I weep about it. – Brian Lam

Boo Hoo For You [S60, thanks Stefan]