And most of what we know has only come to light in the last 150 years, starting with the expedition of HMS Challenger. Challenger set sail four days before Christmas in 1872 out of Portsmouth on the ...

Ten years ago, historians hailed the discovery of HMS Victory, found on the seabed 50 miles (80km) southeast of Plymouth. Its sinking in 1744, which claimed the lives of 1,100 sailors, is ...

Sure. Taiwan’s general approach is the porcupine strategy. So if we imagine the quills of a porcupine as lots of different types of weapons, not all high-tech, some lower-tech stuff, things like ...

From the first shout of "fireball" the crew of HMS Diamond have just two minutes to react. In that time they have to work out whether the missile, travelling at more than three times the speed of ...

Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is due to depart HMNB Portsmouth this weekend for Exercise Strike Warrior, hosting F-35Bs from 809 Naval Air Squadron and 617 Squadron. This will be ...

Moscow's defence ministry said a patrol ship fired warning shots and a jet dropped bombs in the path of HMS Defender as it sailed some 12 miles (19km) off Crimea's coast. The UK government ...

HMS Prince of Wales will be going on a major deployment to Scotland, completing Exercise Strike Warrior as part of a UK Carrier Strike Group. Pictured is the carrier returning to Portsmouth on ...

Hong Kong conservation workers had a prickly problem to deal with on Friday – a porcupine hiding under a vehicle in an office building car park. The animal was captured but not without putting ...

HMS Prince of Wales will be departing HMNB Portsmouth on Saturday morning and will lead a UK Carrier Strike Group. The 65,000-tonne warship will be completing her autumn training programme ...