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I recently wrote about the time HMS Vanguard went off course when leaving Portsmouth Harbour and all but collided with the Still and West pub at Point, Old Portsmouth, in 1960.
My recent interview about the dramatic departure of HMS Vanguard ... begin to veer to starboard towards No1 mooring buoy soon after we got under way and long before she approached the Still & West.
Laid down in 1941 at Clydebank, and still incorporated improvements to the King George V-class including lessons learned from the sinking of the second ship of the class HMS Prince of Wales, HMS ...
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How HMS Vanguard Marked the End of the Battleship Era
HMS Vanguard was constructed at a time when the age of battleships was effectively over - submarines, aircraft, and long-range missiles had redefined naval warfare, rendering such massive surface ...
HMS Vanguard sank following an accidental explosion in Scapa Flow off Orkney on July 9 1917, with the loss of 843 lives. Only two of the 845 men on board survived.
How Two Nuclear Subs Collided in 2009: The Vanguard-Triomphant Incident. Late at night on February 3, 2009 the crew of the French nuclear submarine Triomphant, experienced something of a shock.The ...
A project to trace pictures of men and boys who served on HMS Vanguard has found images of almost a quarter of the crew. More than 800 people died when a series of internal explosions destroyed ...
HMS Vanguard had been due for a three and a half year refit which turned into seven and a half years A nuclear submarine has left Devonport dockyard after a seven and a half year refit. The 492ft ...
A nuclear submarine has left Devonport dockyard after a seven and a half year refit. The 492ft (150m)-long HMS Vanguard arrived for maintenance in December 2015 for a three and a half year refit ...
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