Summary: The HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navy’s last battleship, was conceptualized to counteract potential naval inferiority against German and Japanese forces during World War II. Initially part ...

Ultimately, HMS Vanguard was commissioned in 1946, a year after WWII had ended. What makes the Vanguard so memorable for the British is the fact that she was the last official battleship the Royal ...

HMS Vigilant on January 20, 2016, in Rhu, Scotland. The British Defense Ministry said there was an "anomaly" during a test firing of a missile from HMS Vanguard on January 30, and declined to ...

HMS Vanguard is the lead boat of a four-strong class of Trident-armed SSBNs whose role is to provide the UK's strategic nuclear deterrent. (UK MoD) The test firing of an unarmed Trident II D5 ...

A Trident II D5 missile breaks the surface of the water having been fired from HMS Vanguard, a British strategic missile submarine. More recent tests didn't go so well. (British Defence Ministry ...