As Japan advanced through Southeast Asia, the British sent Force Z—the battleship Prince of Wales, battlecruiser Repulse, and accompanying destroyers—into contested waters to deter invasion, where ...

George Coyne of Lightwater, Surrey. In 1945 I was serving in cruiser HMS Sussex. My ship was part of a task force (Operation Livery) in action at Phuket Island in what is now Thailand. The Japs ...

Just weeks after sinking three British cruisers in a single morning, sm U-9 returned to the North Sea. This time, its target ...

Divers discover World War I cruiser HMS Nottingham in the North Sea Undisturbed at a depth of 82 meters, the wreck of HMS Nottingham bore a tragic human toll - 38 crew members perished when the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Just one hit, as we saw with HMS Sheffield and USS Stark, can sink or cripple a ship. Even if it doesn’t sink, the sensors, computers and electronics would likely be ...

TODAY marks the anniversary of the tragic sinking of the HMS Hogue after it was torpedoed by a German submarine more than 100 years ago. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can ...

The high seas were dangerous places during World War II, an unforgiving expanse where nations vied for supremacy, just as they fought each other on land and in the skies. Military ships of all types ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Just one hit, as we saw with HMS Sheffield and USS Stark, can sink or cripple a ship. Even if it doesn’t sink, the sensors, computers and electronics would likely be ...

During his service in the Royal Navy in the Second World War, my father, Adam F Warrander, served on a number of ships, but the two he mentioned in particular were Cornwall and Frobisher. The former ...