Submarine Warfare Events

1862 Mar 8
to 1862 Mar 9
 Battle of Hampton Roads, aka the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack
Naval history was made on March 8, 1862, when the first Confederate ironclad steamed down the Elizabeth River into Hampton Roads to attack the woodensided U.S. blockading fleet anchor...
1914 Aug 28 Battle of Heligoland Bight
ADMIRALTY, S. W., 22nd September, 1914 D. 25088/14/ Sir, I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that in the case of each ship which was engaged ...
1915 Jan 24 Battle of Dogger Bank
I might mention that we were well within range of the Germans during this time, who apparently could not spare one of their 11-inch guns for us, which was a good thing, as one from them w...
1915 May 7 Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, the German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a swift-moving British cruise liner traveling from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the 1,959 men, w...
1916 Feb 29
to 1916 Oct 7
 Germany Launches New Submarine Campaign Against Allies - Sinking of the Sussex, La Provence, Cymric and Britannic
The year 1916 saw the launching of Germany's ruthless submarine campaign. Early in February, 70,000 German naval reservists had been brought to Kiel and Heligoland, to man the undersea bo...
1916 May 31
to 1916 Jun 1
 Battle of Jutland
British Grand Fleet, 144 Warships Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commanding First Dreadnought Squadron — Vice-Admiral Burney, Rear Admiral Gaunt Second Dreadnought Squadron — Vice-Admira...
1917 Feb 1 The Zimmerman Telegram - Germany Begins Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
United States Adopts a Policy of "Armed Neutrality," Germans Sink 7,000 Vessels Germany, with feverish speed, had been multiplying her fleets of submarines, with the secret intention o...
1996 Sep 18 North Korean Submarine Lands Near Gangneung Sparking Deadly 49-Day Manhunt
The 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident occurred on September 18, 1996, near the South Korean town of Gangneung. On September 15, a North Korean Sang-O class submarine subma...