When Britain discovered that Germany had deployed the formidable Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen to wreak havoc in the Atlantic, they scrambled to intercept them at any cost. On May 24, 1941, ...

The sinking of HMS Ark Royal in November 1941 remains one of the most significant tragedies in naval history. Commissioned in ...

On December 10, 1941, the HMS Prince of Wales – A massive King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy — was attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.

The designation HMS, then, is primarily for commissioned ships of the British Royal Navy. Since 1913's Ships' Names Committee, there has been a British body in charge of naming vessels.

Britain lays the keel for HMS Dreadnought, the Royal Navy's largest and most advanced nuclear submarine, marking a milestone in UK defense history.

King Charles III flew to the aircraft carrier on board a Royal Navy Merlin HM2 direct from his Sandringham Estate, where he recently hosted President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The King’s visit to ...

Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has assumed the title of Royal Navy flagship during a visit to Liverpool, where the ship will open to the public.The 65,000 tons warship, pennant number R09 ...

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 ...

On June 8, 1940, a momentous and tragic naval encounter unfolded in the Norwegian Sea. The British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious, flanked by the destroyers HMS Ardent and Acasta, was set upon by the ...

HMS Ark Royal holds a place of high esteem within the annals of British naval history. The fifth vessel to bear the illustrious name, HMS Ark Royal’s legacy spans over four centuries, with each ...

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09) returned home to Portsmouth on Monday, wrapping up the three-month WESTLANT 23 deployment to the United States, which saw the carrier ...

A TYNE built warship has been put up for sale – just two weeks after it was decommissioned. HMS Ark Royal is being sold on the Ministry of Defence’s auction website. The Royal Navy’s former ...