Royal Navy sailors were appalled by conditions on slave ships, but those they ‘rescued’ rarely experienced true freedom
Mary Wills, University of Hull Britain was once among the most enthusiastic of slave-trading nations. But just over 200 years […]
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The Sad Tale of the Amsterdam’s Demise
Article republished with permission of The Maritime Executive By Hans van der Ster 02-12-2020 06:23:27 During my holiday trip in […]
Navy remembers legendary Norway raid 80 years on
Sailors past and present will march through West Sussex next month to remember one of the few naval highlights of […]
A history – the Royal Navy’s Falkland Islands patrol vessels
This article first appeared on the Save the Royal Navy website on 1st November Today HMS Forth (P222), sailed from […]
HMS Hardy veteran dies after Norwegian honour
A REMINDER of the timeliness of recognising and remembering the sacrifices made by the WW2 generation is provided by former […]
K13 plinth unveiled at Helensburgh museum
Navy press release Veterans and serving submariners joined members of the local community in Helensburgh on Wednesday to witness the […]
Centenary of scuttling of German High Seas Fleet
100 years go today the German High Seas Fleet started to disappear from view after officers and sailors opened up […]
In focus: HMS Protector – the Royal Navy’s Antarctic patrol ship
An excellent account of the recent comings and goings of the RN in Antarctica, provided by Save the Royal Navy. […]
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 […]
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 […]