The history of the Royal Navy is embedded in the history of the country. As an island nation, the sea has always been a vital factor, acting as the means of people arriving from overseas, ...

Arthur Pidgeon, center, and other U.K. Royal Navy sailors pose by a rum barrel in 1914 with the ship cats of HMS Sentinel.That year, the U.S. Navy banned onboard alcohol, but retained the felines ...

A UK warship shot down a supersonic missile in what the Royal Navy called a "historic first." The HMS Dragon warship "obliterated" the missile in a test off the coast of Scotland. The Type 45 air ...

Parts of the navy—the Royal Marines and submarine service—also have a higher tolerance for risk than the rest. Tom Sharpe, who commanded four warships in his 27 years in the Royal Navy, is ...