Did you know? In WWII the British troop ship, RMS Laconia, was sunk by a German U-boat. The U-boat captain Werner Hartenstein immediately ordered the rescue of as many survivors as possible ...

Submarine warfare played a pivotal role in the Battle of the Atlantic as German U-boats targeted merchant ships and troop carriers from the US and other Allied nations. The underwater predators ...

The U-boat sank with the loss of 17 lives ... in Germany to honour those who died during the conflict. Captain Matthias Schmidt, German Naval Attache said: "The propeller witnessed the struggle ...