World War I was raging off the British Isles when the German submarine UC-18 surfaced to attack easy prey on the chilly ...

But why did the submarine torpedo a patrol boat belonging to the French Navy? Don't panic, as this was a test of a new ...

It is certain that no more ships of the monitor type will be constructed ... HorsePower, 6,425- Speed, 28 knots. TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER “MACDONOUGH. ' CLASS OF SIXTEEN VESSELS.

Peter Bickmore was aboard the Royal Navy's Motor Torpedo Boat 243 when a devastating air raid hit the Italian port of Bari in December 1943. The raid by German bombers caused the deadly release of ...

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See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

Submarines are fraught with danger, especially in times of war. Often tasked with operating solo or in pairs, submarines end ...

It was the only Brazilian military ship to be sunk by enemy forces during ... Scotland was confirmed to be a British cruiser sunk by a torpedo during World War I. Last October, the wreck of ...