When HMS Vanguard was completed, the age of the battleship was already fading—submarines, aircraft, and long-range missiles had made such colossal warships nearly obsolete. Despite this, the ...

The British nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard has returned to its home port after a record 204-day patrol, the longest in its class. According to Navy Lookout, the submarine left Faslane in late August ...

Sir Keir Starmer has boarded a nuclear-armed submarine as it returned from a lengthy patrol - in a rare showcasing of the UK's nuclear deterrent that will catch Russia's attention at a time of ...

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 ...

HMS Hawke sank in the North Sea after being struck by a single torpedo in October 1914, killing 524 people. Divers from Lost in Waters Deep believe they have discovered the wreck 70 miles east of ...

The night of February 3, 2009, witnessed a rare and alarming event: Britain’s HMS Vanguard and France’s Le Triomphant, both nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, inadvertently collided while ...

At the close of World War II, Britain launched its last battleship, HMS Vanguard, a vessel which encapsulated the zenith of naval power and yet, by the time of its commissioning on 25 April 1946, was ...

With a length of 814 feet and a draft of 36 feet, the HMS Vanguard was one of the longest battleships. The warship weighed over 45 tons with light loads and 52 tons fully equipped.

HMS Vanguard, HMS Vengeance, HMS Victorious, and HMS Vigilant can each carry up to 16 American-built Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM), each capable of delivering 12 ...

HMS Vanguard returned to sea in 2022 after a nearly seven-year overhaul period. The UK's strategic nuclear deterrent is provided by four Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines – ...

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed an “anomaly occurred” during an exercise that took place on January 30 on board the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Vanguard. Officials said they ...