In the early days of World War II, HMS Royal Oak lay anchored peacefully in Scapa Flow, with most of its 1,200 crew, ...

Rock stars of the beetle world” that were found gnawing on the historic timbers of HMS Victory are on display to the public.

Looking at old newspapers can be both fascinating and rewarding, writes Sarah Burdett of the Isle of Wight Society ...

Designed by esteemed military artist David Rowlands, it features the HMS Royal Oak, a revenge-class battleship commissioned during the war. The edge inscription reads 'THE SURE SHIELD OF BRITAIN'.

FIGHTER pilot Joe Peterburs had to wait 80 years to complete his 50th wartime mission. His first attempt was in April 1945 ...

This quirky Airbnb is a Nissen hut at HMS Owl, the former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm base ... It sits 20ft high between three sturdy oak trees and is made of recycled timbers.

Later, it was where HMS Royal Oak was sunk by a U-Boat in 1939, and where Churchill ordered barriers built to block its eastern approaches. After Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Orkney ...

In another change from tradition, he will be buried in a simple wooden casket, forgoing the centuries-old practice of burying the late pope in three interlocking caskets made of cypress, lead, and oak ...