There were calls by some in her crew for HMS Vanguard to be saved as a museum ship, the last of her kind. Instead, she met the same ignominious end of too many great warships – she was sold for ...

As a battleship, the HMS Vanguard was judged by its armament. Suffice it to say, with 97 guns of all types, the Royal Navy’s last battleship didn’t fall short. In terms of main weaponry ...

Most of you will have seen aerial photographs of HMS Vanguard when she veered off course leaving Portsmouth Harbour on her final voyage to the breakers on August 4,1960. Did you know with a ...

On July 9 1917, Sidney was serving on HMS Vanguard, a Royal Navy dreadnought ... is now run by the National Trust. Tom Upcher, the last Upcher to live at the hall, was son of Sir Henry Edward ...

The ninth HMS Vanguard was the last and largest of Britain’s battleships and was commissioned in 1946. She was 813ft length overall and 42,300 tons and built for the Royal Navy during the Second ...

Following her final voyage ... warship HMS Edinburgh Credit: Royal Navy Media Archive HMS Edinburgh sailor flying the Union Jack flag Credit: Royal Navy Media Archive The Royal Navy's last Type ...

HMS Manchester, on it way home after some months of duty in the Caribbean. That, however, was the last voyage of the warship, for unless it is bought by another country, it is destined for a ...

THE two new volumes of the Challenger Expedition have appeared, and with them this momentous enterprise has arrived at its final close. It is well worth our while to seize this occasion for a few ...

He added: 'We must not forget the contribution the ship has made over the last 26 years of her commission - a period which has seen great global change, with new threats constantly emerging.

HMS Vanguard, the first of the navy's nuclear-powered Trident missile submarines to be refitted at a Devon dockyard, leaves Plymouth on Thursday. HMS Vanguard arrived in Plymouth for refit two years ...