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Commander Peter Cobb was informed that HMS Dreadnought S101 had just 24 hours to prepare for a covert mission against the Soviet Union. The Dreadnought was the United Kingdom’s first nuclear-powered ...
A Royal Navy ship surprised onlookers on Plymouth Hoe by opening fire and sending loud bangs echoing across the city this morning. HMS Somerset was spotted gliding into Plymouth Sound at around 10 ...
UK Royal Navy Photo HMS Prince of Wales (R09) will depart its homeport in Portsmouth on April 22 and deploy as the lead ship in the U.K. Carrier Strike Group 2025 to the Mediterranean and Indo ...
The ship had around 2,224 people onboard when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 and ended up sinking to her final resting place - 12,500ft underwater. Advert Over 100 years have passed since the ship's ...
This is the start of an eight-month deployment, Operation Highmast, that reflects the UK's capacity to lead high-level maritime operations globally.
A hard-working Royal Navy ship is going into a period of maintenance after a busy four months of operations. Portsmouth-based patrol vessel HMS Tyne will be taking a period of leave for six months.
Richard Whalley, who served as a Lieutenant on HMS Monmouth, said it was a sad to see the ship recycled but it was a fitting end for her. The Type 23 frigate left Portsmouth on April 3 ...
The story comes to us via the Navy Lookout channel on MSN, in a video posted on or about April 2, 2025, titled “HMS Dauntless Thwarts ... showcasing the ship’s readiness for modern maritime ...
The great battleship’s propulsion came from 12 Kampon boilers driving four steam turbines, generating 150,000 shaft horsepower and a top speed of 27 knots (or 31 miles per hour).
Credit: NOAA/IFE/URI / Public Domain A full-scale digital model of the Titanic is offering fresh insight into the ship’s final hours before it sank in 1912, claiming more than 1,500 lives. The 3D scan ...
Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor ...