The German Submarine branch of the Kriegsmarine was one of the most fear-inducing branches of the German military apparatus ...

A seven-metre torpedo believed to have been fired at HMS Royal Oak during a deadly attack by a German submarine in 1939 has been detonated. The device was exploded by Royal Navy bomb disposal experts ...

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 ...

A torpedo found on the seabed of Scapa Flow in Orkney "was likely" to have been among those fired at HMS Royal Oak in World War Two. The British battleship was sunk by German U-boat U47 on 14 October ...

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A BATTLESHIP sunk 55 years ago in Scapa Flow is posing a serious danger of pollution. It is feared that oil escaping from HMS Royal Oak, torpedoed by the German submarine U-47 in October 1939, could ...

Royal Navy bomb disposal experts are heading to Orkney's Scapa Flow to deal with a torpedo warhead discovered close to the wreck of the Royal Oak. Coastguards were alerted to the discovery on Monday.

U.K. Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have found a German torpedo from World War II at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys. The torpedo was found on the seabed March 1 after a recent routine sonar survey on ...

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