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The site was built in 1856 and according to Historic England it was said to be the largest dry-dock in the Bristol Channel.
"The SS Salsette sank 45 minutes after the torpedo hit, taking the vast majority of Ambedkar's books and papers, including the first draft of his Columbia University doctoral dissertation ('The ...
A stealthy group of German U-boats stalks an unsuspecting Allied convoy in the Atlantic, with U-270 initiating the attack.
when a lone-wolf German U-boat arose from the murky depths of Casco Bay and fired one torpedo. Forty-nine men lost their lives, a great naval manhunt was launched and an enduring controversy ...
Kevin Wheatcroft said he wanted to construct a facility for boats at the historic Richmond Dock in the village of Appledore.
A 103-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant commander has been sharing stories with Guernsey's Lieutenant Governor of his service during the World War Two. Lt Gen Richard Cripwell recorded the interview with ...
S/S Hestmanden is the largest vessel taking part in the Liberation Convoy to Shetland (Image: Hilfred Mikalsen) Built in 1911, it ran a coastal freight route until the Second World War. During the ...
When I first moved to St. John’s, I heard about Bell Island almost every morning on the radio. If the traffic report […] ...
Eighty years after a torpedo ripped through the hull of the USS Eagle PE-56, just 5 miles off the coast of Cape Elizabeth’s ...
The discovery of torpedo fragments disproved German claims and led to a major diplomatic crisis with the United States. The U-boat responsible, commanded by Oberleutnant Herbert Pustkuchen ...
After training, he went to serve on board HMS Charybdis, which was sunk after an attack by German Torpedo boats, off the Channel Islands. John spent five hours in the water on a Carley float ...
An organization hopes to commemorate the 1942 sinking of an American destroyer, the first to be sunk after Pearl Harbor.