The dominance Western countries like the United Kingdom have enjoyed for decades in the Atlantic Ocean is under threat from Russia, the head of the British Navy has said. The British government has ...

At age 100, British Royal Navy veteran Alec Penstone made headlines when he questioned whether the sacrifices of World War II ...

Malaysian authorities have detained a Chinese-flagged cargo ship amid reports of the salvaging of World War II shipwrecks in Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone, according to a report from the ...

The Italian submarine, the Scirè, wasn't a large boat like some of the most advanced nuclear submarines in the ocean today. It only held a crew of 36, measured fewer than 200 feet in length, and was ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's worst and best from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly Press reports late last week said a Chinese vessel ...

Find out how the distinctive patterns of zebra stripes influenced naval tactics and helped British ships evade danger. This ...

The high seas were dangerous places during World War II, an unforgiving expanse where nations vied for supremacy, just as they fought each other on land and in the skies. Military ships of all types ...

After Argentina seized the Falklands in April 1982, the British began planning to retake them. Planning was complicated by the vast distances between the Falklands and British bases. So the British ...