In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck proved formidable, sinking HMS Hood and damaging Prince of Wales while evading ...

55 x 110 cm. (21.7 x 43.3 in.) ...

This 1,330-foot-deep body of water is so large it can easily cover the Scottish mainland and is four times the size of Wales.

Although most people wouldn't see it for another year, 35 years ago today A Grand Day Out cemented a British institute in the ...

The English side played their first game on New Year's Day 1862 and won by an innings and 96 runs Isambard Kingdom Brunel's famous ship, SS Great Britain, is marking its role in pre-Ashes cricket ...

World's largest ship arrives in UK today The world's largest container ship has docked in Britain for the first time. The hong-Kong registered ship arrived in Felixtowe, Suffolk earlier today ...

The merchant navy vessel SS Baygitano, which was en route from Le Havre to Swansea to collect coal, was sunk in British waters by enemy action during the First World War. Its wreck currently lies ...

On November 2, 1920, Britain’s best-known revolutionary, Sylvia Pankhurst, was found guilty of sedition at London’s Mansion ...

On June 6, 1944, 22-year-old Victor Nelson was the eighth paratrooper to jump in the blackness covering the coastline of ...

With sleek sailing ships and expert knowledge of rivers and ... They built thriving cities at York and Kiev, colonized large swaths of Great Britain, Iceland, and France, and established outposts ...

Its strategic position on the southern coast of England boasts a deep-water harbor that has served as a crucial departure point for a vast range of ships, from historic trading vessels to the ...

The seven-day cruise launched in Shanghai last weekend, stopping at ports in Kobe, Osaka and Yokohama. The vessel — which is also carrying 3500 Chinese tourists, 60 Americans, and some from Great ...