Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.

18. -- Torpedo boat G 137, which has attained a speed of 33.9 knots, (about 39 land miles,) is declared to be the fastest war vessel afloat. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

But the big breakthrough for making submarines viable was the advent of the automotive torpedo. So this was ... when the war just begins, the German U boats still adhere to what are called prize ...

This documentary uses original newsreels to tell the story of the German Stukas deployed in the Second World War Designed as small highspeed torpedo boats there were approximately 200 Stukas built ...

He survived the sinking of Charybdis by German Torpedo boats near the Channel Islands in late 1943 and went onto see action in Normandy and in the Far East. During his visit to Lympstone, John was ...

Based on its experience in World War I, German Adm ... North Carolina, as “Torpedo Junction.” During that time, U-boat captains became so confident that on Feb. 28, 1942, U-578 torpedoed ...