In the early stages of World War II, the British Navy unexpectedly approached the French naval base at Mers-el-Kébir with an ultimatum: surrender, scuttle their ships, or flee to America. The ...

In early 1940, the German tanker Altmark attempted to evade the Royal Navy while carrying 300 Allied POWs, captured from ships sunk by the Admiral Graf Spee. When spotted by a British aircraft ...

Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II. See photos of the inside.

Ivica Skodric, a 37-year-old local fisherman, points at the wreckage of a World War II German warship in the Danube in Prahovo, Serbia, on Aug. 18, 2022. (REUTERS/Fedja Grulovic) Image 3 of 3 ...

A Type VIIB German vessel, the U-99 U-Boat, provided service for less than one year in the Kriegsmarine but was successful in sinking 38 enemy ships for a total of 244,658 tons.

Kaack said German Navy ships have as much right to navigate international waters as PLAN ships did in July, when PLAN destroyer CNS Jiaozuo (163) and fleet oiler CNS Honghu ...

The German Navy ships that transited the Taiwan Strait last month received close scrutiny and repeated radio messages from Chinese vessels, the German task group's commander said on Wednesday, but ...

How Incredibly Brave Decoy Ships Defeated German U-Boats. 24/7 Wall St. Austin Smith. ... So a large army, so they could put everything into staying well ahead of the German Navy.

Low water levels on Danube reveal sunken WW2 German warships. By Fedja Grulovic. August 19, 2022 8:01 PM UTC Updated August 19, 2022 ... some of the ships still boast turrets, ...

The German Navy has despatched its Type 124 Sachsen-class air-defence frigate FGS Hessen (F 221) to the Mediterranean ahead of the launch of the European Union's (EU's) new ...

Efforts Underway To Remove Hazardous Sunken WWII German Ships From The Danube River The worst drought in Europe in decades hasn't only scorched farmland and hampered river traffic, it also has ...