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The first-in-class of the UK Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates has officially been named, with HMS Glasgow hitting the symbolic ...
It is not yet clear how or when the crew member died. British Airways has confirmed the death of a cabin crew member who was found in his hotel room during a stopover in San Francisco. The crew ...
Great Britain, unsurprisingly for an island nation that sees a legendary amount of rain, has quite the water affinity. There's just no separating the British from their seafaring heritage, as has ...
What You Need to Know: On May 26, 2008, the British nuclear-powered submarine HMS Superb collided with an underwater pinnacle in the Red Sea, 80 miles south of the Suez Canal. No injuries were ...
A wrecked seagoing vessel discovered decades ago off the Florida Keys has recently been identified as a British ... the remains of HMS Tyger. After the ship wrecked, about 300 crew members were ...
A sunken 18th-century British ... from the HMS Tyger remains, the National Park Service said. "Buried in the margins of the old logbooks was a reference that described how the crew 'lightened ...
In a scene that could have been lifted from a Hollywood screenplay, a British warship ... and detained four crew members," the ministry said. After the boat was intercepted, the HMS Trent crew ...
“We want to thank the brave crew of HMS Diamond for their service to defend British and international interests.” ...
In 1845, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail from England on a mission to chart a passage around the top of North America. Led by Captain Sir John Franklin, the ...
The British reacted accordingly ... and notably the gun turrets for HMS Hood and HMS King George V, as well as Bismarck. There were calls by some in her crew for HMS Vanguard to be saved ...