In this documentary, we are going to examine the events surrounding probably the most significant sinking of a ship by a U-boat during the entire conflict. It is an event that would have far ...

The HMS Hawke was torpedoed by a German U-boat ... the ship had been when it fired the torpedo at the Hawke and looked at logs of other ships that communicated with the Hawke before its sinking.

The ship exploded and sank in fewer than eight minutes with just 70 sailors surviving. The month before sinking HMS Hawke, the same U-boat sank three Royal Navy cruisers in one hour, killing more ...

sinking no more than 11 U-boats, according to Smoke and Mirrors. Comparatively, U-boats destroyed 44 Q-ships. Ultimately, it was improved sea mines and convoys, which provided safety in numbers ...