Their main targets were the merchant ships carrying the food and military ... Over 100 years on from the start of WW1, the British Army is learning about the conflict that shaped so much of ...

A convoy of merchant vessels being escorted into a British port under the protection of the fleet of the Auxiliary Patrol Service, WW1. By April 1917, Britain had lost 373 ships carrying much ...

Germany boasted that the Allies were minimizing their tonnage losses. She claimed 115 British merchant ships totaling 475,321 tons as against 210,021 tons admitted by Britain. At the same time ...