Warships are a critical component of any military, but some ships were designed to intimidate through their sheer size. Here ...

Admiral Lord West recalling his Falklands' combat experience said that “if your system doesn't work you get sunk. You've lost a ship and you've got dead sailors.” Defense minister Baroness ...

Copeland and Sprague were each awarded a Navy Cross for their actions during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Besides lending its name to succeeding warships, Roberts’ exploits were commemorated on two ...

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 ...

Grant Shapps, a former Conservative member of the U.K.’s Parliament and defense secretary, called a recent submarine name ...

The Royal Navy's Type 83 destroyer project, the replacement for the Type 45, will enter the concept phase early next year, it was announced in Parliament. Minister for Defence Procurement ...

Parts of the navy—the Royal Marines and submarine service—also have a higher tolerance for risk than the rest. Tom Sharpe, who commanded four warships in his 27 years in the Royal Navy ...