The Gatling Gun – The First Machine Gun?
All the specs on an historical weapon that changed the face of war.
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Royal Marines How the Royal Marines began
Well before the days of Commandos, Marines were not ‘Royal’, or even ‘marines’ …
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History Are These The Worst Military Mistakes In History?
Blunders in battle tactics can cost dearly as some military moments in history can attest
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Feature When the Royal Marines went commando
How the Marines got their iconic green berets
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History Rare Naval gold medal belonging to Admiral Nelson's protégé sells for £100,000 at auction
The rare naval gold medal was estimated to fetch between £60,000 and £80,000 at auction in London.
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Naval History Wrens: Who were they and what did they do?
Recruitment campaign posters for the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) urged people to 'Join the Wrens and free a man for the Fleet'.
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Armed Forces Day Talking The Talk About Walking The Walk, For Armed Forces Day
Military-themed walks are being organised by museums for Armed Forces Day.
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Naval History HMS Resolute: From Arctic abandonment to Oval office
The 19th-century Royal Navy vessel was abandoned in the icy landscape on an expedition before being discovered by American sailors.
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News HMS Prince Of Wales: Enduring Symbol Of The US/UK Special Relationship
How HMS Prince Of Wales is tied to its predecessor and the first Second World War meeting between Churchill and FDR.
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Naval History HMS Campania: From WW2 Escort Carrier To Festival Of Britain
Entering service in early 1944, Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Campania spent the last year of the war conducting Arctic convoys to Russia.
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WWII The Days After D-Day: What Happened Next
D-Day was just the start – the Battle of Normandy soon followed.
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Naval History New Exhibition Reveals Untold Stories Of Female Chatham Dockyard Workers
Hidden Heroines is a new temporary exhibition open until 31 October 2021 at The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent.
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Feature Bismarck: What was the German battleship and how was it sunk?
The Bismarck was the pride of the German Navy and her sinking followed one of the most dramatic chases in modern naval history.
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Naval History 'Majestically awful sight': Loss of HMS Antelope in Falklands conflict
The Type 21 frigate was destroyed as an unexploded Argentine bomb triggered while ordnance disposal experts tried to disarm it.
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WWII HMS Hood: Memorial Services Mark 80th Anniversary Of Ship's Sinking
Only three of the 1,415 crew on board HMS Hood survived when the battlecruiser was sunk by the German ship Bismarck on 24 May 1941.
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Naval History HMS Victory Mast Damaged At Battle Of Trafalgar To Go On Display
The previously unseen mast is one of the exhibits at the new HMS Victory: The Nation’s Flagship gallery at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.