In May 1941, the German Kriegsmarine launched Operation Rheinübung, a breakout into the Atlantic. The newly commissioned ...

Following the sinking of hms Hood in May 1941, the Royal Navy launched one of the largest naval hunts in history. The German ...

I read an article in the New York Times entitled, “Trump’s Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary’s Ouster” on April 23. The article was written by ...

Sculpture was retrieved from German battleship sunk in 1939 Battle of the River Plate but its future is controversial The enormous bronze sculpture of an eagle clutching a swastika in its talons spent ...

Sink the Bismarck!’’ was the cry as British forces searched the Atlantic for the German navy’s most powerful vessel. The pursuit ended on May 27, 1941, in a battle that plunged the Bismarck into ...

Aircraft carriers replaced battleships as dominant naval power during WWII by striking targets hundreds of miles beyond visual range. Submarines waged economic warfare targeting supply lines. German U ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump proposes a new battleship class named after himself, but it could be a costly white elephant. On Dec. 22 at ...

The end of the Age of the Battleship appears to have been called prematurely as the Trump administration, as part of its Golden Fleet US Navy reform, says it is reviving the giant battlewagons in the ...

At dawn on May 24th, 1941, the Royal Navy’s flagship and symbol of sea power, HMS Hood, met the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in the frigid waters of the Denmark Strait.

Converted bombers would roar a few hundred feet above the sea dropping depth charges and firing rockets; with over 120 Allied ...