Submarines came to the forefront of military navies with the advent of WWI, as Germany's dangerous U-boats proved a ...
A U-boat is nothing more than the Anglicized term for a German submarine and isn't strikingly different from U.S. subs. The ...
The SM UC-55 U-boat had been laying mines between Shetland and Orkney when it was forced to surface. A World War One German U-boat has been identified by divers off the coast of Shetland.
Carrickfergus maritime history enthusiast Christopher Kenny hopes to bring the historic ship Result back to the town where ...
A stolen propeller from a World War One U-boat is being returned to Germany after being recovered in Wales. The submarine UC-75 was responsible for sinking 56 merchant ships and two warships ...
As a Royal Navy volunteer in World War One, he had become all too aware of the threat from Germany’s U-boats. Wilkinson decided he could use his artistic skills to protect Allied ships.
U-boat warfare against British merchant shipping was a logical response, but on January 31, 1915 the Admiralty responded by instructing British ships to fly neutral flags in the war zone.
The food aboard a German U-boat could get really monotonous, especially after the first ten days or so, when all of the best and freshest ingredients would have gone bad. This simple soup uses ...
Carrickfergus teenager Christopher Kenny shared the fascinating history here of a Q-Ship called Result that was built in Carrickfergus’s shipyard.
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 ...
The weapon would be the submarine, U-boats. On a desolate mud bank in the ... Jeremy Paxman explains Lord Kitchener's iconic recruitment PR campaign of WW1. Crushing defeat in the first battle ...