While out patrolling for German submarines off the North Carolina coast during World War II, the British ship HMT Bedfordshire was torpedoed on May 11, 1942 . German U-boat 558 fired a torpedo that struck HMT Bedfordshire in a manner that caused the vessel to sink almost immediately. All 37...
UPDATE: The tin tent is kaput. In Oktober, we planned a short trip for our anniversary and before we could go 2 miles, the transmission went. Only got 1st gear. Main prob is there is nobody around to fix. Camping World and local RV dealers only deal with newer stuff and there are no garages...
Located in Maryland, USA., it is here that hundreds of ships were sunk, 230 alone by the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation, with more than 100 of the vessels being wooden steamships, part of a fleet built to cross the Atlantic during World War I. Because they were built of...