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 ...

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One of those officers was U-boat skipper Karl Dönitz. He was assigned as commanding officer of a torpedo boat—a submarine on the surface, if you will. He began developing submarine tactics for ...

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

Allied mariners died in the torpedo explosions or drowned in the cold ocean waters afterward. In some incidents, U-boats also attacked passenger liners like the SS Athenia. The string of sunken ...

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...