The Royal Navy played a pivotal role in shaping Britain’s naval imperial dominance and global maritime power before World War I. Naval warfare…

The CSS Virginia was a Confederate ironclad warship that played a pivotal role during the American Civil War, most notably at the Battle…

The Battle of the North Cape, which took place on December 26, 1943, was a crucial naval confrontation between the British Royal Navy…

The “Letters of Last Resort” are a set of four identically-worded hand-written letters penned by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, composed…

The MV Wilhelm Gustloff, launched in 1937, was a German ocean liner initially used for leisure cruises. Requisitioned for military use during World…

The history of ‘Wilhelm Bauer’ U-2540 is a fascinating and intricate tale. It was part of the Type XXI U-Boat, one of the…

During World War I, early methods of shielding submarines involved constructing partially wooden, open-sided shelters. These were adequate when bombs were small enough…

The scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon in November 1942 was a decisive act by the French Navy to prevent their ships…

In 1942, the German submarine U-166 was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico after a confrontation with an American submarine chaser, following its…

U-534 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II that was sunk in May 1945 by a British…