ON THE COVER:
Dramatic painting depicting a German U-Boat commander during the
Great War. Given the primitive nature of these subs, they spent as much time on the surface as possible

FEATURES:

GERMANY’S GREATEST
SUBMARINER
Lothar Von Arnauld de la Periere would rack up a score of victories
against Allied shipping that would never be equaled / by Kelly Bell

DEATH OF THE THAMES
The collision between the SS Princess Alice and the collier Bywell Castle would result in one of the worst death tolls of any British shipping accident. To make the event even more horrifying, many of the passengers and crew would die in a virtual tidal wave of raw human sewage / by Samuel Winston

AVERAGE BUT OUTSTANDING!
The destroyer escort USS Tills was just one of over 500 similar ships built during World War Two. She would go on to perform her duties in a workmanlike manner but, like so many of her fellow ships, be quickly forgotten once the war was over / by Thomas Reston

MYSTERY OF THE CONESTOGA
The USS Conestoga would remain as the only US Navy ship lost without a trace during peacetime — until 2009 when her wreck was discovered over 2000 miles from where a massive search was undertaken / by Daniel Westerly

THEIR GUNS WERE ALWAYS READY
Continuing the history of the Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri / by James Thompson

MUSEUM NEWS
Restoring an historic lightship

INTEL FILE
The bridge disaster in Baltimore

LOST AT SEA
More abandoned and wrecked ships / by Susan Duprey

YOUR NAVY
Latest images from the US Navy’s top photojournalists / by Howard Carter

SEA MAIL
News and views from the readers of Sea Classics