Wilkinson was passionate about ships and the sea ... Over 100 years on from the start of WW1, the British Army is learning about the conflict that shaped so much of our world today.

A convoy of merchant vessels being escorted into a British port under the protection of the fleet of the Auxiliary Patrol Service, WW1. By April 1917, Britain had lost 373 ships carrying much ...

Crew members Sailors from Ice Patrol HMS Protector, A173, and their Chilean allies paid homage to British sailors lost in one of the first great naval actions of World War 1. One hundred and ten ...

On April 7, 1945, the legendary Yamato – the largest ship in naval history – was attacked by waves of American carrier-borne ...

The study, published last week by Aston University researchers in the journal i-Perception, recreated one of the few solid ...

The USS Iowa has served the U.S. in its darkest hours. Now, she faces a new set of challenges: combatting the brutal passage ...

The UK is moving forward with plans to deploy its new DragonFire laser weapon on warships. Lasers could offer a cheap defense ...

The British have a passion for their glorious ... an article with a worrying headline in The Daily Telegraph: "Russian warships in the Channel could strike anywhere in the UK.

On May 18, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck began its first ever combat mission. It was the most powerful ship in Europe ...

but the British had intercepted his communications and were prepared for battle. What followed was the Battle of Jutland, the last major confrontation fought primarily between battleships in history.

Vladimir Putin aide Kirill Dmitriev will meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Washington DC this week, according to reports. Elsewhere, Russia claimed to have advanced on the battlefield.

Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's largest conscription drive in 14 years. His ultimate goal is to have an army larger than America's, our Moscow correspondent explains. Follow the latest below ...