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, ...

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Joel Grey won. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Jack Gilford was nominated but did not win. Best ...

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 ...

“If the Vendee Globe was easy, many people would do it,” he said, visibly dejected. Show Full Article The issue caps a difficult week for the German sailor, who earlier climbed the mast to fix damage ...

Germany's seventh-placed Vendee Globe sailor Boris Herrmann was on Friday grappling with a critical headsail problem as the gruelling solo race approaches its conclusion. The skipper of Malizia ...

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 ...