September 1914. As the First World War unfolded, a little-known but pivotal encounter transpired in the Indian Ocean—The ...

A World War I Royal Navy warship was discovered in “remarkable” condition at the bottom of the North Sea—nearly 110 years later after it was sunk. The Edgar-class protected cruiser, the HMS Hawke, was ...

Summary: The HMS Hermes, a Centaur-class aircraft carrier, served the Royal Navy from its completion in 1959 until it was decommissioned and sold to India, where it served as INS Viraat until 2017.

A total of forty-three Royal Navy warships, supported by twenty-two Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and sixty-two merchant vessels, were deployed during the 1982 Falklands War. It was the largest armada ...