Fortunately, the Royal Navy offered its assistance ... Of the seven battlecruisers to enter World War II, only one (HMS Renown) survived the conflict. The USN prioritized slow, well-armored ...

The suspected wartime artillery item was found on the Watchet coastline A suspected wartime artillery item discovered on a Somerset beach has been destroyed in a secure location by the Royal Navy.

A SECOND World War Burma Star veteran, will be getting a special surprise when he reaches his 100th birthday on December 3. At Dunkirk Memorial House near Taunton, the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of ...

The bomb was towed five miles from Southend Pier before being detonated Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have destroyed a World War Two device found in the wreck of a 17th Century warship.

One of the last surviving Royal Navy bomb disposal specialists from the Second World War has died at the age of 100. Boyd Salmon, who signed up as a rating at the age of 17, was part of the Royal ...

Aircraft carriers carrying propeller planes proved to be one of the most valuable sea-based assets in World War II. After the war ended, the two largest navies at the time — the UK Royal Navy ...

Though Netanyahu's history was faulty — it was the Royal Navy rather than the RAF ... it's one of Britain's most controversial decisions of World War II. Like Israel today, the British acted ...

A World War II bomb disposal specialist has died at the age of 100. Boyd Salmon, from Lymington, was one of the last surviving Royal Navy bomb disposal experts from the war. He died just before ...

Frederick Joseph (Joe) Reid died in his 105 th year on Christmas Day. A Royal Canadian Navy veteran of the Second World War’s Battle of the Atlantic, Mr. Reid served on the HMCS Columbia during ...