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Arthur Anderson, 38, owed his life to a Royal Navy pilot who spotted him after a boat he had stolen sank beneath him.

The Government needs to increase defence spending now to make sure we are prepared for future conflict

Named in honor of the deceased ruler of the United Kingdom, HMS King George V was laid down on New Year’s Day 1937, launched on February 21, 1939, and commissioned on October 1, 1940, thus becoming the second warship to bear the monarch’s name, the first one being a 1911 vintage battleship.

Perched at his post above the bridge of the destroyer HMS Scorpion, 21-year-old sub-lieutenant Tony Ditcham stared through his binoculars searching for the German battlecruiser.

Germany decided to build Pocket Battleships - or what some call giant cruisers - for some obvious reasons. They did not fare very well in naval combat. 

The bow and stern of two separate Tribal class destroyers came together to create HMS Zubian in 1917, at the request of the Admiralty.

The bow and stern of two separate Tribal class destroyers came together to create HMS Zubian in 1917, at the request of the Admiralty.

In January 1944, Private Alec Borrie, aged only 19 and serving with 5th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (5 HLI), saw a message on the company noticeboard cal

Edwardian Britain, and Europe before World War I more broadly, produced a disproportionate number of memorable figures. Perhaps this is because their outstanding features are thrown into stark relief by

Amidst looming conflict with China, the United States should look to the lessons of World War One and the British naval reformer John "Jacky" Fisher.