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

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

The German U-boat was mighty, stealthy ... killing almost 1,200 people. The newer types of subs, such as U-1206, were well-equipped with even more weapons. It also boasted a new plumbing system ...

The U-boats' 15-knot surface speed was almost twice that of an average convoy and equal to that of most anti-submarine escorts. A German band welcomes a Type VIIC U-boat, the mainstay of the ...

On May 10th, 1945, all the German U-boats were told to surrender. The U249, which was the first German U-boat to arrive in UK waters, came into Weymouth Bay and surrendered. The commanding officer ...

The U-505 Constructed at the docks of Hamburg, Germany, the U-505 was one of the German navy's Type IX-class submarines, a long-range attack boat developed with longer dive times and agility compared ...