The loss of battleship HMS Royal Oak – and two thirds of her crew – continues to resonate more than 85 years after she was torpedoed in her wartime anchorage of Scapa Flow. Ever since Orkney has been ...

HMS Royal Oak was anchored at in Scapa Flow when she was torpedoed by a German submarine. Of the crew of 1,234 men and boys, 835 were killed that night or died later of their wounds. The loss of life ...

The submarine was due to be named HMS Agincourt, but will now follow HMS Agamemnon's lead, being named after a warrior from the Iliad. The UK Royal Navy (RN) has changed the name of the final Astute ...

was also listed alongside HMS Bristol and HMS Montrose as part of the tender. A Royal Navy spokesperson said: “Both HMS Monmouth and HMS Walney were put up for sale as they were beyond their ...

The Royal Navy has been accused of renaming new attack submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French - sparking claims of 'craven and contemptible surrender'. The seventh Astute Class boat ...

A link between a Royal Navy warship and Oxfordshire will be formalised after senior county councillors approved it. HMS Diamond, which is based in Portsmouth, is a Type 45 destroyer and has 240 ...

France managed to cope with the existence of the Royal Navy dreadnought HMS Agincourt during the First World and would have done so again (Picture: Hulton Archive) | Getty Images We feel confident ...

Comprehensive training regimes in the Royal Navy are being bolstered following a contract extension. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the ...

The Royal Navy would not say why the name had been changed. HMS Achilles is still under construction. Downing Street refused to be drawn on why the name Agincourt had been dropped. The Prime ...

The Royal Navy has announced it is changing the name of a new submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, in a move branded "woke nonsense" by former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. It follows ...