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

Hero veteran John Eskdale, 100, who saw action across the world and survived being sunk by a German torpedo, told young Brits ...

A 103-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant commander has been sharing stories with Guernsey's Lieutenant Governor of his service ...

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 ...

The discovery of torpedo fragments disproved German claims and led to a major diplomatic crisis with the United States. The U-boat responsible, commanded by Oberleutnant Herbert Pustkuchen ...

On Christmas Eve, the freighter left Calcutta for Sydney unescorted, confident no German U-boats operated near Australia ... As the first torpedo struck, the crew scrambled to respond—only ...

Less than a year before, a German U-boat sank the liner ... rules,” reducing the effectiveness of U-boats, now denied their surprise torpedo attacks. The weather was bad and the night was ...

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 ...

On 20 July, a German U-boat or submarine, UB-40, fired a torpedo at the SS Salsette. The attack killed 15 crew members and sank Ambedkar's thesis along with his vast collection of books. "The SS ...

The German navy converted ... to Mk 48 torpedoes via four torpedo tubes. Though older, the arsenal aboard the Ohio outstrips those of the Vanguard and Triomphant boats. But hey, it's America ...