Summary and Key Points: During World War II ... battleship era, were decommissioned post-war, marking the end of an era. The British once ruled the oceans, relying upon their imposing navy ...

After World War II, navies grappled with surplus battleship hulls and considered converting them into "battlecarriers"—hybrid ...

Fortunately, the Royal Navy offered its assistance ... The USN might well have lost the ships in the bitter, hard-fought battles of World War II, but this is always the potential fate for useful ...

The event remains one of the few instances where battleships single-handedly defeated an aircraft carrier in World War II, leading to significant ... on missions to ferry Royal Air Force ...

The family of a World War Two veteran said the 80th anniversary of a decisive battle passed largely unnoticed by the British ...

The Royal Navy battleships were dispatched to Singapore during the war to shore up the defence of Malaya. They were sunk by Japanese torpedoes on 10 December 1941. The strike - which occurred just ...

The UK's Royal Navy is exploring the use of nuclear propulsion for large surface ships, with the Ministry of Defence issuing ...

Check it out HERE and happy reading The bow itself is badly damaged, having suffered additional damage when the Royal Navy ...

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the USS New Jersey is the first in its class specifically designed for a fully ...

Defence Secretary John Healey said the activities demonstrated the services’ commitment to protecting national security ...

The names also represent the Royal Navy’s future vision ... in the port and denying its use to major German warships for the rest of WW2. The action epitomises the raiding ethos driving the ...

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