Since 1942, iron-ore carriers that supplied the Allied war effort – until Hitler’s navy torpedoed them – have sat in ruins near Bell Island. Every Remembrance Day, a solemn ritual honours their sacrif ...
Whether it was taking a beach under mortar and machine-gun fire … enduring the never-ending horrors of a frigid mountainside ...
The featured speaker for this year’s Veterans Day observance will be local veteran Rick Center, who served in the U.S.
“The submarine cable failed, and we were literally stranded on ... and she canned her own food because freezers weren’t ...
Imagine being cramped inside a metal tube settled beneath the waves for a month or longer, and then throwing in as many as ...
Coming from a broken home, the then-18-year-old was kicked out of the house by his stepdad, stayed with a friend, enrolled in ...
The USS Miami (SSN-755), a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine, was tragically lost due to an arson incident in 2012. Shipyard worker Casey James Fury set fire to the submarine, causing ...
India is set to construct its first two nuclear-powered attack submarines, known as nuclear sharks, marking a significant advancement in its naval capabilities. Expected to possess immense endurance, ...
As the world’s navies grow, they strengthen below the waves as well as above. Submarines have been around since the American Civil War and played a key role in both world wars. Several nations ...
A member of the armed services on the deck of Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK’s four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Archive) The Vanguard-class ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...