A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...

A World War II ship torpedoed by Adolf Hitler has been discovered along the coast of Rio De Janeiro using sonar imaging. More ...

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

The crew of the new frigate HMS Venturer has paid tribute to the historic act of heroism achieved by their World War II namesake 80 years ago.

A German U-boat sunk the USAT Dorchester on Feb. 3, 1943, in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing 672 of the 902 servicemen, ...

Feb. 3 is the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of the USAT Dorchester in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat.

A U-boat is nothing ... feature the feared German sub. Germany completed its first U-boat (the U-1) in 1905 and was the first nation to use a submarine during World War I.

The Brazilian Navy has confirmed that a wreck found in 2011 is that of a Brazilian auxiliary ship sunk in 1944 by a torpedo ...

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the ... coast when a German U-boat struck its stern with ...