But on its approach, the hospital ship struck a German U-boat mine. HMHS Anglia would never reach its destination, and its ...

On October 15, 1914, a German sub captained by U-boat ace Otto Weddigen attacked the HMS Hawke, killing 524 crew members, ...

Almost 80 years have passed since the end of the Second World War, and there is still fascination about German U-boats that ...

German WW1 U-boat found off the coast of Shetland Site of lost WW1 ship confirmed The official reason for the sinking was bad weather and high waves, although theories abounded that it was sunk by ...

Researchers have identified the wreck site of a World War One warship after over a century at the bottom of the Irish Sea.

The ship, which had a crew of 110, spent much of its time rescuing sailors from sinking ships. However, a German U-boat targeted the destroyer on Dec. 6, 1917. While in the waters between the ...

The British Pathé clip of a news reel from the time, captured the attack by a German U-boat on 25 November 1941. At the time it was believed 859 crewmen died when the ship sank - it was later ...

Toward the end of the First World War, the unarmed hospital ship Llandovery Castle was heading to England to pick up wounded ...

After U-boats sank an American merchantman in May ... the single greatest disaster in maritime history: the 1945 sinking of the German liner Wilhelm Gustloff, which was engaged in an effort ...

The sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania by a German U-boat helped to shatter that hope. Woodrow Wilson, 1918. Courtesy: Library of Congress Wilson demanded an apology from Germany and ...