HMS Hood, the pride of the British Royal Navy, symbolized British imperial power during the interwar years. Designed under ...

The British Royal Navy's Astute-class submarines may now outshine the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class subs, raising questions about the American naval shipbuilding trajectory.

Britain’s two aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, are increasingly proving to be costly ...

China's development of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier could soon place it among the elite naval powers, joining the U.S.

The important role of women on board ship during the Royal Navy's heyday in the 1700s and 1800s has often been overlooked. As ...

But oh, how it did not do so. Somebody the other day described the British Empire as an irritating appendage to the Royal Navy, and this is very much how I view the history of my country.

Many men from the Caribbean did join the Merchant Navy, but sailors from the British Empire were paid about ... The Battle of Britain: The Royal Canadian Air Force provided support for the RAF ...

Driving on the left became compulsory in Great Britain in 1835 and was adopted throughout the British Empire. This is why ... As a British territory the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air ...

Writer Eleanor Shearer argues that the UK government doesn't understand why Commonwealth leaders are asking for slavery ...

For years the colonies had flourished in a state of “salutary neglect.” Britain had been content to leave the day-to-day ...

SMS Scharnhorst was named after the chief of the Prussian general staff during the Napoleonic Wars The wreck of a World War One German armoured cruiser has been located off the Falkland Islands ...