As the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approaches, Edythe Preet looks to March 17, 1776, ...

It’s April 8, 1940 and HMS Glowworm is in the North Sea. Commanded by Captain Gerard Broadmead Roope, it became separated ...

Leave on the lights and grab a blanket, the books this month from the Public Library are all about horror. The books are ...

Dedicated Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines have been celebrated for their service in the New Years Honours list.

Simon Parkes, 18, from Bristol, was last seen drinking at the Horseshoe Pub on Main Street after the ship he was serving on, ...

The history of the nineteenth-century New Forest is tied to the name Burrard, a family with a multi-generational influence upon the area's administration, community life, appearance and culture.

When Lawrence Fong visited museum ship HMS Belfast with his wife and children in 2024, he had no idea that he was about to ...

Born from a bitter feud between visionary designers and cautious bureaucrats, HMS Captain was a political compromise with deadly flaws. Just months after launching, she sank with nearly 500 men aboard ...

“BETTER late than never” may be said of the book the title of which is given above. It is a curious fact that the scientific results of several of the most important and most costly voyages of ...

Princess Anne stepped up to support King Charles amid the growing crisis in the royal family. According to the royal family's official website, the Princess Royal is gearing up to perform back-to-back ...

The last bit of funding needed to fully restore and display a flag from a sunken Royal Navy warship has been raised. HMS Captain capsized during a storm off the coast of Spain in 1870 with nearly her ...

HMS Captain was a British warship that sank on September 8, 1870 due to design flaws, with parts of its turret made in Wolverhampton during the city's industrial boom. The ship's captain and designer ...