In May 1940, HMS Seal, crippled by German cannon fire in the Kattegat Strait, fights a losing battle as Lieutenant Commander Rupert Lonsdale watches from the bridge. The sub’s surface defense ...

Cmdr. Rupert Lonsdale, who became the only British captain to surrender a warship on the high seas during World War II when he gave up his crippled submarine to save the lives of its 59 crewmen ...