Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II.

Peter Leith (L) made the journey from Orkney to Shetland on U-Boat as a sea cadet A man from Orkney has been recalling how he took to sea in a German U ... to Shetland on a submarine.

The 18 months between July 1940 and December 1941 were known, to the German submarine force, as the "happy time." Fleet headquarters in Germany directed U-boat operations by long-range radio.

While submarines were invented before 1914, it was during the so-called ‘Great War’ that effective submarine warfare was properly underway. Below we're looking more closely at U-Boats, their origins ...

This is a u-boat officers dress dirk (dagger) from WW2 made by Eichorn with original silver and leather hanger. The German submarine caused havoc with alied shipping for the greater part of the ...

The remains of the first British ship to be sunk in WW2 appear to have been identified ... off Ireland. A German submarine torpedoed the ship hours after Britain declared war on Hitler in 1939 ...

Expert assessments agreed that the structure found 28 meters under the sea stemmed from a submarine, “possibly German,” naval engineers Juan Martin Canevaro and Andrés Miguel Cuidet said in a ...

Over eight decades ago, the US Navy made the historic capture of a Nazi U-boat during World War II. A treasure trove of vital German intelligence, the submarine's capture was top-secret.

Over eight decades ago, the US Navy made the historic capture of a Nazi U-boat during World War II. A treasure trove of vital German intelligence, the submarine's capture was top-secret. See inside ...