In the early days of World War II, HMS Royal Oak lay anchored peacefully in Scapa Flow, with most of its 1,200 crew, ...

Looking at old newspapers can be both fascinating and rewarding, writes Sarah Burdett of the Isle of Wight Society ...

“Rock stars of the beetle world” that were found gnawing on the historic timbers of HMS Victory are on display to the public. The Royal Navy flagship ... of the oldest oak frames on the ...

Later, it was where HMS Royal Oak was sunk by a U-Boat in 1939, and where Churchill ordered barriers built to block its eastern approaches. After Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Orkney ...

FIGHTER pilot Joe Peterburs had to wait 80 years to complete his 50th wartime mission. His first attempt was in April 1945 ...

In another change from tradition, he will be buried in a simple wooden casket, forgoing the centuries-old practice of burying the late pope in three interlocking caskets made of cypress, lead, and oak ...

The Royal Navy's flagship HMS Prince of Wales is to begin an eight-month deployment to send a "powerful message" of the UK's naval and air power. Operation Highmast will take in joint exercises ...

The HMS Prince of Wales is ready for a multinational deployment to the Indo-Pacific, maintaining that the UK’s navy is still ...