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The history of Ocracoke includes German submarines positioned right off the North Carolina shore during World War II. The Royal Navy sent the HMS Bedfordshire to assist the United States Navy in 1942 in anti-submarine efforts. Unfortunately, U-558 fired torpedoes at the ship and caused it to sink nearly immediately, resulting in the loss of the entire crew. The bodies of two sailors were seen in the surf off of Ocracoke Island and buried in a small cemetery, followed by two more found a week later. This well-kept cemetery, known as the British Cemetery, flies a British flag in perpetuity.

234 British Cemetery Rd, Ocracoke, NC 27960, Phone: 252-473-2111

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