The surrender of the German U-boats is remembered by a Derry man who was there 80 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.

Britain, however, was certain the war would be won on land. To John Fisher, head of the Royal Navy, Germany’s 28 U-boats were little more than “toys” and “playthings.” But Germany itself ...

On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people.

They could, however, report U-boat positions, neutralizing the German ... They could use the smaller storm sail to try to head west for land, but this would require sailing into the gale, and ...

Learn more. In April 1945, New England’s worst naval disaster of World War II took place just 5 miles off the coast of Cape Elizabeth, when a lone-wolf German U-boat arose from the murky depths ...