To HMS Warspite went the honor of being the first ship to open fire on D-Day, with her shells pummeling a German gun battery that showed signs of life. At 5:30 AM the whole bombardment fleet ...

Iain Ballantyne, associate member of the HMS Warspite Association and Plymouth naval historian and author, said the 1913 ship's "amazing" life was also the story of a navy and a nation.

Shortly afterward, Britain decisively struck again, sending a formidable fleet led by HMS Warspite to finally destroy the vulnerable German vessels at Narvik.

This oil painting by the Belgian marine artist François Etienne Musin (1820–1888) refers to HMS ‘Erebus’s’ Arctic venture under the command of Sir John Franklin in 1845.

Cdr Tim Cannon, engineer in the nuclear submarine Warspite whose actions in a fire averted disaster He filled the burning compartment with foam and through his courage and technical knowledge ...

This particular submarine, the 12th to wear the name, is one of four Dreadnoughts to be made – the other three are the HMS Valiant, HMS Warspite, and HMS King George VI.

Admiral Sir Hugo White: Commander who fought off Exocet attacks during the Falklands War and was later Governor of Gibraltar The naval officer wanted to join the Navy from the age of nine after a ...

The incident came just six years after the Cuban Missile Crisis pushed the US and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. It involved HMS Warspite, the third British nuclear-powered ...

More than 200 guests attended the celebration of HMS Warspite at Plymouth's Devonport Dockyard. The ship, launched in 1913, holds more honours than any other in British naval history and served in ...

Image caption, Winston Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, was among 30,000 people who watched the launch of HMS Warspite on 26 November 1913 Image caption, The ceremony at Devonport was a ...

More than 200 guests attended the celebration of HMS Warspite at Plymouth's Devonport Dockyard. The ship, launched in 1913, holds more honours than any other in British naval history and served in ...