The RMS Niagara’s journey to Canada was cut short when it was sunk by mines laid by the German naval cruiser Orion in the Hauraki Gulf – the first act of war against New Zealand by Nazi Germany.

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Greens on Friday on a massive increase in state borrowing just days ahead of a parliamentary vote next ...

He knew that the British often commissioned four funnel warships as auxiliary cruisers ... was known to be a potential Armed Merchant Cruiser. Schwieger was born in 1885 and in 1903 joined the ...