
The gold band lay undisturbed at the bottom of the ocean for almost a century - but 89 years later it has been reunited with the sailor's family.
Two months ago amateur diver Peter Brady, 51, spotted the ring half-buried on the seabed during a routine dive around the wreck of HMS Opal, off the coast of the Orkney Islands.
Initially, Mr Brady thought the find was a piece of the ship's machinery, but on closer inspection he realised it was a ring bearing the inscription: "To Stanley from Flo, March 1916."
Mr Cubiss, 25, who worked in the ship's engine room, perished with 187 other men when the Opal, along with HMS Narborough, ran aground in a snowstorm on January 12, 1918.
Mr Brady and diving partner, Bob Hamilton, 61, found the ship's casualty list on the internet and managed to track down Stanley's 78-year-old nephew, Malcolm Cubiss.
"I received a call out of the blue telling me that divers had found this ring," said the retired brigadier from York. "My uncle is often spoken of in the family and I know the tragedy of the Opal well.
"They came to show me the ring and I was astonished. It's a million-to- one chance.
Source: This Is London
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