HMS Victory is one of the most legendary warships in history, serving as the flagship of Admiral Nelson at the Battle of ...

It won’t come as any surprise that there are stories about smaller, determined military forces battling and winning against ...

A cannonball was fired into HMS Victory's foremast during the Battle of Trafalgar A wooden foremast from HMS Victory featuring a hole punched into it by a cannonball during the Battle of Trafalgar ...

Our emblematic tree is in short supply and in danger of running out – is the idea of homegrown hardwood sunk forever?

Six weeks later, on December 14 1914, that force – led by battle-cruisers Inflexible and Invincible – avenged Coronel by sinking most of the German ships off the Falklands. As for 2024 ...

It was a decisive Japanese victory, and HMS Exeter was attempting ... during World War 2 and was a Midshipman onboard HMS Exeter during the Battle of the Java Sea. He had mixed feelings when ...

HMS Victory, in my Hampshire childhood ... The bluejackets who showed visitors around the ship dwelt on the thrill of battle and on the death of Nelson at the moment of triumph, sneakily shot ...

This is Epic History's guide to HMS Victory, one of the most famous warships in history, and flagship of Vice Admiral Nelson at his decisive victory over the Franco-Spanish Combined Fleet at ...

in memory of the decisive British victory in the Hundred Years’ War between the UK and France. Five previous RN vessels have carried the name HMS Achilles. In announcing the shift away from the name ...