An image from a multibeam sonar survey of an area approximately ten miles north-west of Bardsey Island reveals the wreck of the U-87 which was lost with all 43 hands on Christmas Day 1917. The German submarine was rammed by a British naval vessel shortly after it had sunk a cargo vessel nearby. In 2017 the Bangor Unive...
This short animated film, now on People’s Collection Wales, was produced by the Conwy Culture Centre and TAPE Community and Film, as part of a project exploring the ‘Forgotten U-Boat war of 1914-18’, tells the exciting tale of three German prisoners, who in August 1915 staged a daring escape attempt off the G...
Employed as a Q-ship in the First World War, it was HMS SAXIFRAGE’s duty to hunt U-boats and she would often lead the convoys and look out for enemy submarines. On 26 April 1918 she was given the task of escorting a convoy to Liverpool. HMS SAXIFRAGE in 1918. With permission by SAXIFRAGE Maritime Trust; © Imperial W...
