It was December 10, 1941. Three days earlier, the Americans had suffered a heavy blow at Pearl Harbor, and the Empire of Japan was now wiping out British and Dutch garrisons in the Pacific. The proud ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: By 1941 this had changed, however; competent aviators, in sufficient numbers, flying advanced aircraft could locate and kill even the largest battleships. Prince of ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Military technological revolutions rarely happen all at one time; they generally result from the evolution of several unrelated trends that “suddenly” result in new ...

World War II-era shipwrecks containing the remains of hundreds of British sailors and civilians are now being plundered by pirates scrounging for scrap metal in Southeast Asia, prompting calls for a ...

A Chinese salvage ship has been caught looting British World War II shipwrecks near the Malaysian coast. The vessel, a dredger named Chuan Hong 68, was seen lurking near the shipwrecks of the Royal ...

My father-in-law, Ted Smith ,was a survivor from HMS Repulse which was sunk in December 1941. He was injured and subsequently picked up and taken to the General Hospital in Singapore until early in ...

In April 2012 a team of technical divers from Secret Compass will set off on a pioneering expedition to link the three most significant wrecks of World War Two in South Asia, HMS Hermes, HMS Repulse ...

The sinking of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales. (Ullstein Bild/Getty Images) An illegal Chinese salvage operation seized by Malaysian authorities Sunday is suspected to have looted two iconic World ...

News of the sinking of the British Royal Navy warships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by Japanese military pilots in the Pacific rippled around the world. It was Dec. 10, 1941, just days after ...

Bells retrieved from two Royal Navy warships sunk during the Second World War have gone on display to mark the 80th anniversary of the death of the 842 sailors on board. HMS Prince of Wales and HMS ...

ONE of two remaining survivors from a devastating attack on a battlecruiser has attended the National Museum of the Royal Navy to recall his experience. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...