Admiral Andrew Cunningham steered HMS Warspite straight into the lion’s den, gunning to corner the Italian Royal Navy in a ...

The Battle of Cape Passero (1940) unfolded in the early hours of October 12, during World War II. British cruiser hms Ajax, on a scouting mission after a Malta supply operation, encountered seven ...

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 ...

For Malta, Italy’s entry in World War II on the side of Germany in June 1940 meant the beginning of an almost three-year-long siege that only ended with the defeat of the Axis forces in North Africa ...

As Britain marks the 220th anniversary of Trafalgar, Wolverhampton is still to make a name for itself with the Royal Navy ...

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 ...