When 100-year-old Sybil Parker looks back on her long and eventful life, one job stands out – serving in the Women’s Royal Naval Service. It was at the height of the Second World War when 17-year-old ...
Warships are a critical component of any military, but some ships were designed to intimidate through their sheer size. Here ...
The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who ...
As a young British Army officer heading for Afghanistan, Barney Campbell visited the Dardanelles, scene of one of the First ...
The most significant aspect of the dispute was the refusal of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union leadership, long promoted as “militants” and “socialists”, to take any action to challenge the Gaza ...
Royal Navy tug boat crews are being balloted for strike ... about renewing its 10-year £1.2bn contract but the proposed changes would impact on the crews' ability to provide a 24/7, 365-days ...
The broadcast, according to military officials, came from a Russian spy ship, the Kildin, as the vessel packed with ...
Recently on a visit to friends in Bendigo the conversation turned to the Hellenic link to Anzac. Soon I was leafing through ...
The raid was fought on 31 May 1982 during the Falklands War ... 18 Royal Marines took the Argentine position after a fierce firefight. The former captain recalled getting the call from one ...
Sailors from the USS Fort Worth laugh with Navy World War II veteran Elsie “Kitty ... “How she said one of her favorite moments was being around other girls at the ship, and I can see ...