The Germans lost 178 U-boats during the war but sunk 5,000 ships. The Allies eventually won the war on land, but the success of the U-boat campaign underscored how important, and devastating ...

The majority of WWI submarines no longer exist, as many were sunk or sold for scrap. This isn't an unusual practice for the world's navies, but some boats remain and can be visited in museums.

A model U-boat has been created to commemorate the mass surrender of Germany's submarines on the Essex coast at the end of World War One. More than 160 U-boats surrendered at Harwich in November ...

The food aboard a German U-boat could get really monotonous, especially after the first ten days or so, when all of the best and freshest ingredients would have gone bad. This simple soup uses ...

More than 500 of the ship's crew died after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat in October 1914. Wreck confirmed as WW1 battleship sunk by U-boat Skip to main content ...

A World War One German U-boat has been identified by divers off the coast of Shetland. The SM UC-55 submarine was sunk about eight miles south-east of Lerwick by the Royal Navy in 1917.

Diary and letters help find sunk WW1 U-boat . 2 October 2024. Share Save. Lisa Young & Kevin Hay. BBC News, South West. Share Save. Henrietta Sandford. James Simpson died in action in 1918.