Archaeologists have rescued an extremely rare wooden sculpture of Hercules from a trash pile in Ibiza, Spain, reported ...

A German U-boat torpedoed HMS Bayano off the coast of Galloway on March 11, 1915, claiming the lives of 200 people.

HMS Belfast' It's a 12,000 tonne light cruiser moored on the River Thames in the middle of London. It's the last surviving ...

In March 1941, long before the famous Raid on Alexandria, Italian special forces launched their first covert strike against ...

On Remembrance Sunday we remember the fallen and the stories of conflicts. The loss of HMS Cornwall and tanker British Commander is just one.

Summary: The HMS Hood, once the pride of the British Royal Navy and the largest warship globally during the interwar years, met a tragic fate early in World War II. Designed during a bygone era with ...

The “tin can” myth: why Germans underestimated British destroyers – The man-overboard incident that separated Glowworm from her fleet – Minute-by-minute account of the 15-minute gun battle – The rammi ...

The high seas were dangerous places during World War II, an unforgiving expanse where nations vied for supremacy, just as they fought each other on land and in the skies. Military ships of all types ...

Summary: The USS Phoenix, originally designed to counter Japanese forces and a survivor of Pearl Harbor, became the only ship ever sunk by a nuclear submarine when HMS Conqueror targeted it during the ...