The loss of battleship HMS Royal Oak – and two thirds of her crew – continues to resonate more than 85 years after she was torpedoed in her wartime anchorage of Scapa Flow. Ever since Orkney has been ...
In what might be a most unusual twist of fate, a Royal Navy battleship with the most regal name, the HMS Royal Sovereign (05) ended service with the Soviet Navy following the Second World War.
The Royal Navy has been accused of renaming new attack submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French - sparking claims of 'craven and contemptible surrender'. The seventh Astute Class boat ...
I was recently lucky enough to get hold of some reclaimed oak from the HMS Victory restoration. There's a bit of it floating around at the moment (no pun intended), but that's not going to last ...
An earlier HMS Achilles was involved against French and Spanish fleets during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It is not the first time the Royal family have have been enatngled in a diplomatic storm.
(WXYZ) — Winter Blast Royal Oak is back and returning to Downtown Royal Oak for three days in 2025, taking place from January 31 through February 2, organizers ...
The UK Royal Navy (RN) has changed the name of the final Astute class nuclear-powered submarines to HMS Achilles. The change will be the second time the boat’s name has been switched along its pathway ...
In a surprising announceme nt on Sunday evening, the Royal Navy revealed that the seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine, previously named HMS Agincourt, will now be called HMS ...