Demolition frogmen

“HAUNTED BY THE SPECTRE OF THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION”

When we think of the U-boat campaign during the Second World War, images often arise of silent predators gliding beneath the waves, steely and lethal, striking fear into Allied convoys. The myth of th

On the night of 13 March 1944, the Greekregistered steamship SS Peleus was en route from Freetown to Buenos Aires when she was hit amidships by two torpedoes, launched by a German U-boat, U-852. The t

For over 14 years the Royal Navy has taken on Iranian-backed terror against international shipping

The forced landing of a shot-up Junkers Ju 88A bomber of Kampfgeschwader (KG) 77 on the north Kent coast in late September 1940, during one of the bloodiest days of the Battle of Britain, gave rise to

On 21 October 1805, smoke filled the skies over the seas west of Cape Trafalgar, a headland in the Province of Cádiz in the southwest of Spain, as a fierce battle raged. After nearly five hours of int