HMS Thetis carried 103 men into Liverpool Bay for what should have been a routine test dive. When a torpedo tube appeared dry, the crew assumed its outer bow cap was closed and forced open the stiff ...

The 75th anniversary of the sinking of a submarine with the loss of 99 lives has been marked. On Sunday wreaths were dropped into the sea off Llandudno to remember the Royal Navy's worst peacetime ...

A talk in Albrighton will explore the tragic story of HMS Thetis and the events surrounding its ill-fated diving trials ...

The last surviving widow who lost a husband in the HMS Thetis disaster will pay tribute to the man she lost 80 years ago at a special service this weekend. Mary Beard - formerly Morgans - will turn ...

The 80th anniversary of one of the most controversial maritime disasters in recent British history has been marked by the Southampton-based maritime charity, Sailors' Society. The submarine HMS Thetis ...

THE letter by Fred Rees on the HMS Thetis sailor from Cardiff took me back to a day in 1939, when from a window in our top floor flat in Llanbleddion Gardens, Cathays, I saw a naval funeral travelling ...

I AM writing in connection with the recent articles and letters in Viewpoints regarding memories of HMS Thetis and I would like to add to them if I may. I AM writing in connection with the recent ...

In 1939 HMS Thetis failed to rise from her 1st dive while on sea trials in Liverpool Bay. My father,W.J.Thomas worked on the salvage ship,ss Ranger & the raising of the ill-fated Thetis must have ...

THE families of the 99 men who died in a Liverpool Bay submarine tragedy will soon have the chance to study official papers on the disaster for the first time. Birkenhead MP Frank Field said that it ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...