Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II.

Peter Leith (L) made the journey from Orkney to Shetland on U-Boat as a sea cadet A man from Orkney has been recalling how he took to sea in a German U ... to diesel engines to travel," he said.

The fate of a WW2 bomber navigator ... evidence in a German submarine captain's log book that the bomber was hit by anti-aircraft guns fired from the deck of a German U-boat in the Bay of Biscay.

Propelled by two saltwater-cooled diesel engines, the U-boat had a range of nearly ... exceedingly difficult purpose. German intelligence was vital during WWII, making recovery efforts for the ...

Over eight decades ago, the US Navy made the historic capture of a Nazi U-boat during World War II. A treasure trove of vital German intelligence, the submarine's capture was top-secret. See inside ...