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 ...

Ultimately, HMS Vanguard was commissioned in 1946, a year after WWII had ended. What makes the Vanguard so memorable for the British is the fact that she was the last official battleship the Royal ...

The view from Gosport as HMS Vanguard slips away on her final voyage. Picture ... My article on Leading Aircraftman Walker last week also drew comment from Tim, who tells me the following ...

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 ...

HMS Vanguard left Plymouth last year after a £500 million overhaul that took three years longer than planned. The Sun revealed that contractors who repairing HMS Vanguard bodged repairs in the ...