When the British Royal Navy battleship HMS Vanguard was laid down in 1941, battleships were already on the wane. Aircraft carriers had proven their worth in repeated engagements.

HMS Vanguard, Britain’s last battleship, was laid down in 1941 amid shifting naval tactics favoring aircraft carriers over traditional battleships. Despite being completed in 1946, post-WWII, ...

A High Court battle over the artefacts on the wreck of a British warship has ruled they should remain with the ship. HMS Victory, was lost in a storm off the Channel Islands in 1744 and found in ...

The wreckage of a battleship in the Bristol Channel has been granted protected status by the government. HMS Montagu became grounded near the isle of Lundy in 1906 and had to be salvaged and ...