SEVENTY-NINE YEARS ago the end was in sight for World War 2. Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7, 1945. Japan unconditionally surrendered on September 2, 1945.
As recalled by the non-profit Stories Behind the Stars organization, the disaster on Feb. 3, 1943 created one of World War II’s most enduring symbols of valor, service and sacrifice, the four ...
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The last British submarine known to have severed a cable was HMS Conqueror in 1982. Fresh from firing the missiles that sank Argentina’s Belgrano in the Falklands War, it cut an acoustic array trailed ...
By 1914 the submarine was not a new weapon, having first been used 150 years earlier. By the start of WW1 all the major ...
Russia is clearly committed to the Lada-class. But it is a submarine that does not—and will never—live up to the expectations.
Serving and former submariners have gathered to remember the victims of the K13 submarine tragedy in the Gareloch.
The granite drinking fountain in Elder Park, Govan, is a poignant reminder of “super-submarine” K13, which was built at the Fairfield yard during the First World War. It sank in the Gareloch on ...
Veterans, serving and trainee submariners came together to remember the 32 individuals whose lives were lost that day.
Cold War paranoia/preparedness inspired indulgent defense spending. Consider the programs that were developed during the Cold War, in an effort to keep pace with the Soviets. Fifth-generation aircraft ...
The Royal Navy staged a poignant weekend of tributes to the 32 people who perished on Gareloch in the K13 disaster in August ...
The decision to rename the Royal Navy’s HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles has sparked considerable debate, and rightly so. It ...