Christmas 1914: ‘Santa Claus ship’ arrives in Britain
‘Santa Claus’ ship USS Jason docked at Devonport just over a century ago to deliver presents to children whose fathers […]
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The one remaining British-built battleship left.
TMT has run pieces about former Royal Navy ships either in preservation or service overseas. There is one class that […]
Remember the Royal Navy
With good reason, it is the stoic soldiers who faced the mud and slaughter of the trenches who come […]
Remarkable voice recordings of life in the RN between the Wars
A remarkable find has brought to life the voice of a naval officer who served in the RN between the […]
Maru Lisbon; a largely forgotten war-crime of WW2.
It is extraordinary how often you come across information to do with the Second World War that you were previously […]
On this day: HMS Lion, launched 6th August 1910.
Lion was the lead ship of a class of heavy battlecruisers built by the Navy in response to the […]
Flying high with the old & the new
Today, 25th July 2018, Commander Nathan Gray, who will be the first pilot to land an F35 on the deck […]
The Maritime Executive Interview: Winning the Cold War at Sea: a US perspective
An F-14 Tomcat prepares for launch on the deck of the USS Enterprise, 1986 (USN file image) TMT is […]
Never Too Old to Write: Claude Choules’ Published WWI Memoir at Age 109 The Last of the Last: The Final Survivor of the First World War
Before his death at the age of 110 in May 2011, Claude Choules was the last man alive who had […]
Ex-Royal Navy vessels serving with other navies
Sailing under a different flag – former Royal Navy vessels serving with other navies With the recent sale of HMS […]
Historic Royal Navy vessels preserved in the UK
It is sometimes assumed that the historic naval ships in this country are limited to HMS Belfast and HMS Victory […]
Tragic naval accident remembered 100 years on
Submariners and sailors, both serving and retired gathered yesterday to pay their respects to the loss of 104 lives in […]
Last push for cash to restore D-Day landing craft
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to get the final £25,000 needed for the restoration and display of D-Day sole […]