the elaborative sonar scans confirmed it as the Type XXI U-boat, the only one lost in the Skagerrak. The Type XXI were advanced submarines having larger batteries and a snorkel, letting them work ...

A model U-boat has been created to commemorate the mass surrender of Germany's submarines on the Essex coast at the end of World War One. More than 160 U-boats surrendered at Harwich in November ...

The submarine was one of Nazi Germany’s Type XXI U-boats, which could stay underwater for longer and travel further than their predecessors. Only two of 118 planned Type XXIs entered service ...

or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats.

While on sea trials, the spanking new U.S. Navy ... One model of the Kaiten suicide torpedo. To minimize the effect of Allied bombing, the Germans built late-war Type XXI boats in virtually ...

The type UB-II submarine is said to be in good condition, lying at a depth of 30m (100ft) off the Belgian coast. "The submarine is in such good condition that we reckon all the bodies are still on ...

In many areas of Europe, it's hard to escape the visual reminders of World War II's devastating impact. Numerous buildings, ...

More than 500 of the ship's crew died after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat in October 1914. Now the Royal Navy has said there was enough information to confirm it was indeed HMS Hawke.

On May 10th, 1945, all the German U-boats were told to surrender. The U249, which was the first German U-boat to arrive in UK waters, came into Weymouth Bay and surrendered. The commanding officer ...

Jeremy Paxman explores how Britain reacted to the campaign by German U-boats to sink merchant shipping ... Kitchener's iconic recruitment PR campaign of WW1. Crushing defeat in the first battle ...

"The wreck is in the area of the last known position of HMS Hawke, it is close to the position marked on the U-boat chart. "The wreck is clearly a WW1-era warship with features matching those of ...

"The wreck is in the area of the last known position of HMS Hawke, it is close to the position marked on the U-boat chart. "The wreck is clearly a WW1-era warship with features matching those of HMS ...