Admiral Andrew Cunningham led a daring assault with HMS Warspite and a formidable British fleet to challenge the Italian Royal Navy near their own shores, aiming for a decisive blow early in Italy’s ...

The Australian submarine HMS Oxley became the first Allied submersible lost in World War II under tragic and controversial ...

Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have detonated a large wartime device that was recently discovered in the River Thames. The 500 kg (1,102 pound) bomb was found in the George V Dock in North ...

During World War II, U.S. Navy cruisers filled a vital niche between the powerful but slow battleships and the less powerful ...

Royal Navy through WW2 including: St Nazaire Raid and the Blitz of Plymouth by csvdevon You are browsing in: Archive List > Royal Navy Contributed by csvdevon People in story: Ronald William Bannister ...

The British navy still celebrates a famous World War II aircraft carrier that gave Hitler fits Sailors aboard HMS Dragon held a ceremony in December honoring the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal.

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Kostas Thoctarides says he discovered a submarine near Greece. The British Royal Navy is examining whether it is the HMS Triumph, which sank during World War II.

I hear that you wanted to have World War II veteran's stories passed on; I expect its all history now. Anyway I’m in my 85th year, born November 11th, 1920. I served in the Royal Navy as a ...

One of Dudley Borough’s oldest surviving veterans from World War II is set to be granted freedom of Dudley Borough.

The Royal Navy has a proud history of building some amazing and truly historic warships and genuine battleships. But the Vanguard, which was launched in 1946, far after the age of the battleship ...