On July 19, 1944, the German submarine U-861 torpedoed the Vital de Oliveira, sinking it and killing about 100 of the 270 ...

Submarines came to the forefront of military navies with the advent of WWI, as Germany's dangerous U-boats proved a ...

The Brazilian Navy has confirmed the location of the sunken warship Vital de Oliveira. The vessel transported troops during ...

For the last couple of Saturdays, Carrickfergus’s First World War Q-Ship called Result dominated this page. Today it’s her equally heroic sister’s turn - the Carrickfergus-built Q-Ship called Mary B ...

Theodore Preston spent part of his weekend on a dreaded task that rolls around for nearly all adults every few years: getting ...

A U-boat is nothing more than the Anglicized term for a German submarine and isn't strikingly different from U.S. subs. The ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

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Sea-based launches are hitting their stride. That could lead to a lot more space missions with a lot less red tape.

The remains of a warship that sank more than 80 years ago turned out to be a World War II vessel. The Brazilian vessel, called Vital de Oliveira, was attacked by a German submarine in 1944.

Gustav Friedrich Adolph Quick, 89, the last surviving crew member of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee that was scuttled in the River Plate at the beginning of World War II, has passed away ...

A 100-year-old Windsor care home resident says drinking a pint of beer ‘when you feel like it’ is one of the secrets to ...