The German Submarine branch of the Kriegsmarine was one of the most fear-inducing branches of the German military apparatus ...
A SEVEN-METRE torpedo found on the seabed in Scapa Flow is believed to have been fired at HMS Royal Oak by a German submarine at the beginning of the Second World War. The device was spotted during a ...
In 1939, German submarine U-47 penetrated Scapa Flow, Britain’s most heavily defended naval base. Under the command of Günther Prien, it sank HMS Royal Oak, killing over 800 sailors. The raid exposed ...