U-Boat Encounters – North East at War

26 April 202030 April 2020 P Armstrong

Gotterdammerung ! – The first and Last Patrol of U-1274

This is a story about men, ships and a U-boat sent to sink them. It unfolded on the early evening of April 16, 1945 on

On March 14, 1945, some four hours after leaving the Tyne, HMS Natal, a brand new frigate with a green crew carried out an attack

In the Beach Cemetery at Blyth, to the right upon entering you will find a knot of naval War Graves. Adjacent to them, in what

7 June 201926 August 2019 P Armstrong

U-Boat Encounters, World War 1

While the wreck of UC-32 is well known, the presence of a second U-boat off Cresswell in Northumberland is perhaps less familiar. Like all wrecks

17 March 201916 July 2019 P Armstrong

Gaze in any direction from St Mary’s Lighthouse, you find yourself surrounded by the savage magnificence of this coast. Storms can blow up out of

Merchant Navy, U-Boat Encounters

U-boat mine-laying operations off the NE coast 1916-1917 Many people will tell you that there is a wrecked First World War U-boat just off Roker

On August 19th, 1915, the Hartlepool built Norwegian cargo ship SS Bras owned at the time of her loss by Hansen Harald, was on a

In a quiet corner of Spitalford Cemetery, Embleton, Northumberland, you will find a small group of war graves. Near them is a substantial but leaning

U-Boat Encounters, World War 2

It is 23 January 1940, 07:30hrs. U-19 has just dived, lest the imminent first light of dawn should bring a Coastal Command sweep. Men