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Natural History museum will review Charles Darwin exhibitions because HMS Beagle was ‘colonialist’

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Cancelling the father of evolution: Natural History museum will review ‘offensive’ Charles Darwin exhibitions because HMS Beagle’s Galapagos voyage was ‘colonialist’ Natural History museum warns its Charles Darwin exhibits ‘may be offensive’ in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests  Museum execs ordered review into museum’s links to slavery and colonialism  Collections under review include items collected … Read more

HMS Hermes – Britain’s flagship during the Falklands – is sold for scrap

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To say the HMS Hermes had a difficult start to life would be understating the fact – construction on the aircraft carrier, initially dubbed HMS Elephant, began in 1944 during World War Two, but conflict ended before she had been completed.  Her hull then sat in the dockyard in Barrow-in-Furness until 1953, when it was … Read more

Royal Navy’s newest £100m warship HMS Trent breaks down

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Royal Navy’s newest £100m warship HMS Trent breaks down nine days into its maiden voyage and hauled back to port in Gibraltar The 90-metre ship had to be dragged back to port after only nine days at sea    The Royal Navy said she was experiencing a defect and was waiting for parts  The captain and … Read more

HMS Victory ‘floats’ again as Lord Nelson’s ship is viewable from below for first time in 100 years

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For the first time in 100 years, Lord Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory will be viewable from below – thanks to the installation of 134 metal props and the completion of an under-hull walkway. The support structure, which will also replicate the 3,600-tonne vessel being at sea, comes as part of a 13-year renovation project costing … Read more

Royal Navy counter-piracy warship HMS Trent sailing to Med

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Royal Navy’s new counter-piracy warship HMS Trent sets sail for the Mediterranean to join Nato forces on mission to hunt international terrorists and criminal gangs Royal Navy warship HMS Trent sets sail from Portsmouth to join Nato in the Med Friends and family of the crew had to watch proceedings online due to Covid-19 The ship will … Read more

HMS Queen Elizabeth ‘will be sent to the Far East to take part in military drills with US and Japan’

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One of Britain’s new £3billion aircraft carriers could be sent to the Far East under new plans drawn up by military chiefs, reports today suggest. The class leading HMS Queen Elizabeth is expected to visit the region during its maiden grand voyage next year. The aircraft carrier is set to be involved in joint military … Read more

Royal Navy frigate HMS Westminster shadows Russian warship

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Royal Navy frigate HMS Westminster shadows Russian warship as it sails through English Channel HMS Westminster monitored the passage of the Russian warship on Sunday  Passage of warships through English Channel are routinely monitored  Commanding officer said the warship conducted itself in ‘safe’ manner  By Sophie Tanno For Mailonline Published: 18:07 BST, 21 June 2020 | … Read more

Windsor Castle staff tending to the Queen in ‘HMS Bubble’ are forced to spend a week in isolation

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Windsor Castle staff tending to the Queen in ‘HMS Bubble’ are forced to spend a week in isolation and pass a coronavirus test before each three-week shift begins. The monarch, 94, went into self-isolation at the Berkshire estate nine weeks ago alongside her husband Prince Philip, 98, who moved from Sandringham amid the pandemic.    They are joined … Read more

Video shows water pouring in to £3billion HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier

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We are bailing! Video shows water pouring in to £3billion HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier after sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth suffered the same fate A pipe leaked on the HMS Prince of Wales on Friday at Portsmouth Naval Base   A video on the Facebook group Jackspeak shows the warship’s ankle-high flood This comes … Read more

New artifacts discovered from doomed HMS Erebus arctic expedition in 1845 that left 128 men dead

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A new collection of artifacts have been pulled from the wreckage of the HMS Erebus, an English ship that became trapped by sea ice in the Canadian Arctic in 1846, leaving its 128-person crew to die under still mysterious circumstances. The artifacts were retrieved by a team of divers from Parks Canada’s underwater archaeology team, … Read more