Before divers swam around the remains of the cruiser, no one had seen her since she was torpedoed by a German submarine on October ... The cruiser fell victim to U-boat ace Otto Weddigen and his ...

On April 9, 1963, during deep-dive trials off the ... In the U.S. Navy, submariners had a shocking 20 percent casualty rate. The German U-boat casualty rate was even higher at 75 percent.

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 ... more than £9 - worth more than ...

Despite evasive maneuvers, the German U-boat was struck and sank with all 73 ... his submarine straight back into danger. On ...

Armament: Twin 150-mm (5.9-inch) deck guns ... In February, the German government announced total unrestricted submarine warfare. A note to the U.S. government affirmed that "England is using ...

This is a u-boat officers dress dirk (dagger) from WW2 made by Eichorn with original silver and leather hanger. The German submarine caused havoc with alied shipping for the greater part of the ...

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.

A diary handed down through three generations has helped find the wreck of a German U-boat sunk by a secret Royal Navy Q-ship in 1917. Henrietta Sandford, from Helston, shared diaries and letters ...

I think I may have submechanophobia. The very thought of being submerged underwater in a solid metal casket loaded with explosive torpedoes chills me to the core. And yet, for Adolf Hitler, ...