As many as 23 bodies could be on board the sub, which is lying on its starboard side on the seabed. The German embassy has been informed. "This sort of submarine would have had a standard crew of ...

On May 10th, 1945, all the German U-boats were told to surrender. The U249, which was the first German U-boat to arrive in UK waters, came into Weymouth Bay and surrendered. The commanding officer ...

The SM UC-55 U-boat had been laying mines between Shetland and Orkney when it was forced to surface. A World War One German U-boat has been identified by divers off the coast of Shetland.