The whole "boat" designation comes straight from the German word for "undersea ... and were capable of taking on surface ships 20 times their size. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy -- which had considered ...

They knew that at any moment, German U-boats could descend upon them. Disaster struck at 4:15 p.m. The German UB-64 launched a torpedo that hit the vessel's starboard side and caused an explosion.

This is a u-boat officers dress dirk (dagger) from WW2 made by Eichorn with original silver and leather hanger. The German submarine ... auction at Sothebys about 20 years ago.

or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats.

The U249, which was the first German U-boat to arrive in UK waters, came into Weymouth Bay and surrendered. The commanding officer went on-board with his crew and took command. The first things ...

U-boat from which codebooks and valuable cryptographic materials were recovered before sinking, facilitating, in late 1942, the second major Allied breakthrough in reading German U-boat ...