NavalWarfareHistory

On May 8th, 1941, the German Q-ship Pinguin, disguised as a merchant vessel, was sunk in the Indian Ocean by the British cruiser HMS Cornwall. The Pinguin had been successful…

Sinking of the USS Cairo (1862): The USS Cairo, an ironclad gunboat in the Union Navy, sank on December 12, 1862, in the Yazoo River during the American Civil War.…