HMS Kent's Commanding Officer, Commander Simon Hopper, also welcomed the opportunity to respect those who lost their lives during the Battle of the Java Sea on 1 March 1942.

Watch HMS Kent’s return home like never before in this stunning time-lapse video. Capturing the ship’s graceful approach and docking, this footage showcases the precision and beauty of a Royal ...

On a return visit to the wreck site by MV Empress in April 2008, another Ensign ‘donated’ for the occasion by the crew of the destroyer HMS Exeter - D89, was attached to the port torpedo tubes ...

Well-wishers have welcomed home the Royal Navy’s flagship as it returned to its home port after hosting the King at sea. HMS Prince of Wales sailed into Portsmouth Naval Base after it completed ...

At close: March 24 at 5:29:34 PM GMT+1 Loading Chart for HMS.ST ...

More than 170,000 Lego bricks have been used to make eleven models of eight sunken ships which go on display at Chatham's ...

As Visit Essex says, the two hamlets form one of the county’s oldest fishing villages. It is home to a 1000-year-old church - St Peter's Church - once run by "the King of the Smugglers" William “Hard ...

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In March 1771,12-year-old Horatio Nelson received a letter from his uncle, Captain Maurice Suckling RN, directing him to report to his ship, ...

HMS Raisonnable, at Chatham, Kent. Several months earlier the youngster had begged to be allowed to join his uncle at sea and had been eagerly awaiting his call-up. At the time, Horatio was still ...