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Video: Mystery Of Sub Lost Off Bermuda In 1942

Video: Mystery Of Sub Lost Off Bermuda In 1942

A submarine that vanished after leaving Bermuda in 1942 is the subject of the “The Mystery Ship of WWII, The Surcouf” documentary from the New York-based Authority Group. Often the subject of controversy and conspiracy theories, the French sub Surcouf launched as the world’s largest submarine and, at the time of her loss, it was the greatest... Read more of this article

Espionage Thriller Was Set In Wartime Bermuda

Espionage Thriller Was Set In Wartime Bermuda

There’s something fishy going on in wartime Bermuda — something codenamed “Wahoo” and involving both the Nazis and a renegade Free French submarine stationed on the island. In the 1944 bestseller “Bermuda Calling”, American novelist David Garth used the then recent disappearance of the giant submarine “Surcouf” [pictured]... Read more of this article

New Theory On Sub Lost After Leaving Bermuda

New Theory On Sub Lost After Leaving Bermuda

Called the “Flying Dutchman” of World War Two after the mythical ghost ship which can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever, when the giant French submarine “Surcouf” left Bermuda for the last time in February, 1942 she became the stuff of legend. The fate of “Surcouf” — the largest submarine... Read more of this article

Requiem Honoured Bermuda Sub Disaster Victim

Requiem Honoured Bermuda Sub Disaster Victim

One of the most poignant classical music pieces of the 20th century was dedicated to — and partially inspired by — a British naval officer lost at sea off Bermuda aboard the Free French submarine  “Surcouf” in 1942. Sub-Lieutenant Roger Burney [1919-1942] was the British Naval Liason Officer [BNLO] aboard the ill-fated submarine... Read more of this article

Thriller Tries To Solve Submarine Mystery

Thriller Tries To Solve Submarine Mystery

The disappearance of the giant Free French submarine “Surcouf” after she departed Bermuda in 1942 provides the point of departure for a new sailing thriller. American author Christine Kling’s Caribbean novel “Circle of Bones”  is based on one of the most enduring mysteries of World War Two [1939-1945]. The French submarine... Read more of this article

Mystery Of Sub Lost After Leaving Bermuda

Mystery Of Sub Lost After Leaving Bermuda

The giant Free French submarine “Surcouf” — which vanished after leaving Bermuda during World War Two [1939-45] and has long been the subject of controversy and conspiracy theories — is the subject of a lengthy report in the latest issue of a Nova Scotian naval journal. “Bosun’s Call”, the Nova Scotia Naval... Read more of this article