18. -- Torpedo boat G 137, which has attained a speed of 33.9 knots, (about 39 land miles,) is declared to be the fastest war vessel afloat. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

But the big breakthrough for making submarines viable was the advent of the automotive torpedo. So this was ... when the war just begins, the German U boats still adhere to what are called prize ...

They knew that at any moment, German U-boats could descend upon them. Disaster struck at 4:15 p.m. The German UB-64 launched a torpedo that hit the vessel's starboard side and caused an explosion.

when a lone-wolf German U-boat arose from the murky depths of Casco Bay and fired one torpedo. Forty-nine men lost their lives, a great naval manhunt was launched and an enduring controversy ...

Based on its experience in World War I, German Adm ... North Carolina, as “Torpedo Junction.” During that time, U-boat captains became so confident that on Feb. 28, 1942, U-578 torpedoed ...

"The SS Salsette sank 45 minutes after the torpedo hit, taking the vast majority of Ambedkar's books and papers, including the first draft of his Columbia University doctoral dissertation ('The ...

German U-boats sank 148 petroleum tankers and countless ... according to "New York at War," a book by Steven H. Jaffe. As the torpedo slammed into the Coimbra's hull, it "sent a blinding sheet ...