For the first half of the 20th Century, the German U-boat was the most feared warship at sea. Even Churchill admitted “[t]he only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U ...

That was more submarines than the entire German U-boat fleet at the ... a hole through rusting hull plates. The U.S. tally for all of 1942—180 ships, 725,000 tons—was about equal to a monthly ...

Peter Leith (L) made the journey from Orkney to Shetland on U-Boat as a sea cadet A man from Orkney has been recalling how he took to sea in a German U-boat as a young sea cadet in a once-in-a ...

In February 1945, U-864 embarked on a secret mission, Operation Caesar, carrying valuable technology and materials to Japan. However, its journey was cut short when British submarine HMS Venturer ...

These Zeiss binoculars were acquired by the current owner’s father, who was a submarine commanding officer during World War II. On May 10th, 1945, all the German U-boats were told to surrender.

Researchers from the “Eslabón Perdido” (Missing Link) team have come across a German Reichsmarine submarine off the coast of Necochea in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires near Arenas ...

These stark statistics frame the narrative in The Hunt for Lady Olive and the German Submarine (BBC Four). The Lady Olive was a so-called Q ship, a converted cargo vessel designed to lure U-boats ...

Since the 1960s, the Ballistic Missile Submarine has been the U.S. Navy’s primary contribution to America’s strategic nuclear “triad” -- which includes U.S. Air Force strategic bombers and ...

This historic vessel, which went on nine patrols during World War II, is one of only 15 U.S. World War II-era submarines that still exist. It now serves as a walk-through exhibit alongside a ...

Under a major new defense agreement, the United Kingdom and Germany will work together on a raft of programs including new ...

WASHINGTON--China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday, a potential embarrassment for Beijing as it seeks to expand its ...

A painting depicting the British ocean liner RMS Falaba sinking after being torpedoed in 1915 by German submarine U-28. As the German Naval Command realised that they would not be able to defeat ...