A diary handed down through three generations has helped find the wreck of a German U-boat sunk by a secret Royal Navy Q-ship ...

On October 15, 1914, a German sub captained by U-boat ace Otto Weddigen attacked the HMS Hawke, killing 524 crew members, ...

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.

was sunk by a German U-boat. The U-boat captain Werner Hartenstein immediately ordered the rescue of as many survivors as possible, taking 200 people on board, with another 200 in lifeboats.

From pirates to first flight, Coastal North Carolina can be called "the most historical place in the United States of America ...