The British Navy knew it couldn't completely disguise a ship to protect it from attack during WWI. So they turned to 'Dazzle Painting' which sought to disguise a ship's speed and direction.

In the early stages of World War II, the British Navy unexpectedly approached the French naval base at Mers-el-Kébir with an ultimatum: surrender, scuttle their ships, or flee to America.

On December 16, 1941, the Italian navy launched a daring attack on three British ships outside Alexandria harbor. At the heart of the operation was a unique weapon: a human torpedo. The Art of ...

Axis forces laid siege to the island and attacked British supply ships. By 1942 stocks were running ... carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to winning the Battle ...

A 103-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant commander has been sharing ... Almost 80 years since the end of WW2, Mr Barnes, who moved to Guernsey in the 1960s, reflected on his role.

In May 1940, Hitler's armies swept through western Europe, knocking Britain's allies out of the war with bewildering speed and leaving the British ... navy was reduced to using converted passenger ...

UK warships have shadowed a Russian task group as it passed through British ... Russian ships sailed back east through the Channel and the North Sea towards the Baltic Sea, the Royal Navy ships ...

The Scirè began its service for the Italian navy in 1938. It was a short range ... Read more: The 10 Most Legendary Ships Of ...

These navy ships sailed independently or in pairs, hunting British commerce ships and transports. Two years after the end of the war, the money-poor Congress sold off the last ship of the ...

The Royal Navy and RAF have been shadowing Russian warships as they sail through British waters for the third time in six weeks. Four Russian ships on their way back from Syria were closely ...

Last month, the group’s Telegram channel was used to claim responsibility for coordinated attacks on the websites of the British Army, Royal Navy, and the Office for Nuclear Security.