A BOAT owned by an Isle of Wight couple will take part in the 85th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation in France. The vessel, Papillon, based in Cowes, will be among the fleet of small craft ...

Let us explain more about the film called Jacqueline which was a movie ... 1940. At the time he was a telephone engineer in his native Liverpool, and was called up for war service to the Royal ...

Scramble! The Summer of 1940’ was themed around the aerial campaigns that took place during the Battle of France and the ...

A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.

RAF maritime patrol aircraft were deployed, as were two Royal Navy warships and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s Proteus to follow it. “Today, I also wanted to confirm to the House that I ...

THE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in the Royal Navy: “Engage the enemy more closely”. But has the Nelsonian spirit ...

A Royal Navy submarine has been used to warn off Russian spy ships operating around British waters. Defence Secretary John Healey gave details about the activities of the Yantar, which he said the ...

A Royal Navy submarine surfaced just yards from a Russian spy ship in a dramatic show of force to protect British waters. The nuclear-powered HMS Astute emerged from the depths after the Kremlin ...

Alfie-Ray Stevens from Ernesettle joined the Royal Navy in June 2024 before starting a 10-week training course at HMS Raleigh. Being from a military family, the former student of All Saints ...

The Royal Navy's £2.5 billion plan for five new warships set to make the UK "the foremost naval power in Europe" is in its concept phase, the Ministry of Defence has confrimed. Five frigates are ...