After years of service to the nation, the Battleship North Carolina was about to fade quietly into history -- until school ...

Today in a special collaboration with World of Warships our favourite naval historian Dan Snow ranks his favourite battleships of WW2. From the gigantic Yamato, to the humble yet deadly HMS Warspite.

The Second World War was fought on many fronts, with skirmishes occurring on land, in the air, and at sea alike. As a result, several forms of transportation and warfare became synonymous with the ...

The ships belonged to Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet — deliberately sunk as Germans retreated from Romania as Soviet forces advanced Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for ...

Excited historians yesterday likened the discovery, if verified, to finding the Titanic, as they hailed the US billionaire for his hi-tech mission that apparently succeeded after many failed searches.

Mussolini’s effort to seize control of the Mediterranean had, by late 1941, largely ended in failure. The success of the Royal Navy in the raid on Taranto and at the Battle of Cape Matapan had given ...

TOKYO – Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen and his research team have found a massive Japanese World War II battleship off the Philippines near where it sank more than 70 years ago, ...