Few naval vessels have developed as enduring of a legacy as German U-Boats, but what does that name actually mean?

On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people.

Learn more. In April 1945, New England’s worst naval disaster of World War II took place just 5 miles off the coast of Cape Elizabeth, when a lone-wolf German U-boat arose from the murky depths ...

The German U-boat crew was subsequently flown to Berlin ... his ship abandoned her hunt for the enemy and trawled for survivors. In the end, 20 merchant ships were lost from SC7 – and with ...

Submarines have been an important aspect of naval warfare for a long time, as the history of subs sets them firmly in the past. Still, it was during the 20th century that things began to change ...

Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family. By Michael S. Rosenwald Julia ...

Joining up at the start of the war, London-born Mr Barnes went on to serve for 23 years and said sinking a German U-boat was his biggest contribution to the war effort. Having joined up as a naval ...

In October 12, 1940, his ship, Davanger, was struck by a German U-boat (U-48) and sank within four minutes. Out of the crew, 17 men died, including the captain. “My grandfather was one of 12 ...

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, died on April 18 in ...