Although officials did not explain why the Duke-class warship wasn’t brought home for decommissioning, there is speculation ...

A revolutionary high-definition 3D map of HMS Victory, showing every last millimetre of Admiral Lord Nelson's famous flagship, has been created by scientists. Using state-of-the-art laser mapping ...

Lord Nelson's famous warship HMS Victory may have been painted the wrong colour after historians examining the ship found no evidence of the well known 'bumblebee' design in its original paintwork.

For 800 years the city of Portsmouth built the ships of the English (and later, British) fleets. Today it is the home to, among other things, the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Ships representing ...

It was the stormiest of stormy nights when Admiral John Balchin ordered to fire the guns as a signal of distress. His 110-gun ship, the world's largest and finest vessel, was at the mercy of the winds ...

The colour of Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory has split opinion with some people resistant to the new 'pink' hue HMS Victory has been restored to its appearance at the time of Trafalgar ...

The world’s oldest commissioned warship is to undergo a £16 million ($25m) revamp, in what British defense authorities hope will restore the iconic battleship that is so central to Britain’s legacy as ...

When HMS Victory, Britain’s most fearsome warship, went down with all hands in a vicious storm in the English Channel in 1744, the recriminations were bitter. Some blamed rotten timbers and the vessel ...

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 considered ...

A cannonball was fired into HMS Victory's foremast during the Battle of Trafalgar A wooden foremast from HMS Victory featuring a hole punched into it by a cannonball during the Battle of Trafalgar is ...

The world’s oldest commissioned warship is to undergo a £16 million ($25m) revamp, in what British defense authorities hope will restore the iconic battleship that is so central to Britain’s legacy as ...