Construction has begun on the Royal Navy's latest Type 26 frigate, HMS Sheffield, with the first steel being cut in a ceremony in Glasgow. The official beginning of construction was marked by an ...

In his time a Stoker First Class, he remarked that the end chapter for HMS Exeter – the period after her heroism during the Battle of the River Plate - is not well known. In fact, the sailors ...

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The decision to rename the Royal Navy’s HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles has sparked considerable debate, and rightly so. It feels like an unnecessary act of self-censorship, bending over backwards to ...

Nashua South's Pratham Mukewar pushes ahead during the Battle of the Bridge swim meet Sunday at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING) ...

One of those vessels received battle honours during the Second World War at both the River Plate and Okinawa. An earlier HMS Achilles was involved against French and Spanish fleets during the ...

Golfers at the Atlantic Beach Links, situated 700m from the beach in Melkbosstrand, Cape Town, were treated to a spectacular battle of wits between these species on Wednesday. In a video posted on ...

Six ships have previously borne the name, earning six battle honours, including the River Plate and Okinawa.' A previous HMS Achilles, a Leander Class cruiser, was part of a Royal Navy squadron ...

Perhaps the King and the Royal Navy should now rename HMS Victory 'HMS Compromise ... and perhaps above all for snatching North America from them at the Battle of Quebec in 1759.