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

“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 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

On 11 September 1940, during the late afternoon, between 20 and 30 Messerschmitt Bf 110C/Ds from I. Gruppe of Zerstörergeschwader (ZG) 26 were assigned to fly as part of the fighter cover protecting a

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