Known as the ‘Sailor King’ due to his teenage life in the Navy, the blue-eyed, slight figure of George V has been described as a narrow-minded philistine and prig. His determination to avoid scandal, ...

This is another setback for the German sailor but securing the boat and continuing to finish the race is the main goal now for the resilient skipper. "It's a another difficult day today", he said to ...

chased and sunk with the loss of 2,260 German sailors, including its commander Graf von Spee. The German East Asia squadron came in from the Pacific where on November first met and overpowered a ...

Sailing over the virtual line in 9th place, the German sailor stays focussed on the 3,200 nautical miles remaining and the battle to break into the top five. Team Malizia's Boris Herrmann crossed the ...

Captured intact A boarding party from the Edsall-class destroyer escort USS Pillsbury took a whaleboat to rescue the surviving 58 German sailors and salvage the U-505. "Undeterred by the apparent ...

Over eight decades ago, the US Navy made the historic capture of a Nazi U-boat during World War II. A treasure trove of vital German intelligence, the submarine's capture was top-secret. See inside ...

"I put up the sail with a halyard and then climbed up to lash the sail in various places", explains the German solo sailor. "In theory, very straightforward and easy, but it took me 3 hours to do ...

The Swiss-German sailor’s experience means the following boats, especially Jingkun Xu (Singchain Team Haikou, 32nd) and Antoine Cornic (Human Immobilier, 31st), will need to keep an extra sharp ...