Peter Leith (L) made the journey from Orkney to Shetland on U-Boat as a sea cadet A man from Orkney has been recalling how he took to sea in a German U-boat as a young sea cadet in a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The islands looked entirely different from the water. I was accustomed to their gently curving slopes, the ...

An inflatable lifeboat found washed up in Orkney is believed to be from the upturned Cemfjord cargo ship, according to reports. STV reporter Rebecca Curran tweeted that the coastguard had confirmed ...

Image caption, Peter Leith (L) made the journey from Orkney to Shetland on U-Boat as a sea cadet A man from Orkney has been recalling how he took to sea in a German U-boat as a young sea cadet in a ...

A man from Orkney has been recalling how he took to sea in a German U-boat as a young sea cadet in a once-in-a-lifetime journey. When Germany surrendered its U-boat fleet at the end of World War Two, ...

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