The tanker Dixie Arrow was among the ships targeted by German U-boats off North Carolina in WWII. It was hit by a U-boat ...
In September 1914, a single German U-boat ventured into the North Sea. Lieutenant Otto Weddigen’s U-9 slipped past patrols and found itself within range of a British cruiser squadron. What followed ...
During World War II, the German Navy, also known as the Kriegsmarine, constructed and deployed 1,162 submarines to fight in the conflict. Most of these subs, which are referred to as U-boats, were ...
In 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed the British liner Laconia — only to discover it carried Allied prisoners of war. In an extraordinary act, the submarine surfaced and began rescue operations. What ...
A single Mk-48 torpedo achieved "immediate effect" on an Iranian frigate, which was operating in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon confirmed.
A U.S. submarine sank a warship with a torpedo off the southern coast of Sri ​Lanka, dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.