The third spot goes to Britain's HMS King George V, notable for its part in defeating the Bismarck. Japan's IJN Yamato, one ...

Naval ratings drawing a rum issue aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS King George V. The rum ration (also called tot) was a daily amount of rum given to sailors on Royal Navy ships. It was ...

In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck proved formidable, sinking HMS Hood and damaging Prince of Wales while evading ...

The HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship and the most advanced in the British fleet, with the latest rangefinder and radar technology. The Prince of Wales was used in the ...

King George V, second son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, was born in 1865 and served in the Royal Navy until 1892 when he became heir to the throne following the death of his elder brother, ...

said the “difficult decision” had been made to run RIHS under a new format for this season New partnership sail to King George V glory, but elimination causes late change to placings The ...

The cancellation of the Montana-class battleships during World War II was not a missed opportunity but a wise decision by the U.S. Navy. Although these ships were designed to be the largest, most ...

This Sunday (November 10) will see a procession take place in Barrow Town Centre for Remembrance Sunday. The memorial day is a national effort to commemorate the armistice signed between Germany and ...

Rotting planks are to be replaced as part of the latest phase of work to renovate Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory ... to the public by King George V in 1928 and has since welcomed ...

King George V, to whom Dean Ryle presented the idea ... with full military ceremonial to the quayside at Boulogne where the coffin was transferred to HMS Verdun for the voyage home. From Dover a train ...

Image caption, This is an illustration of King George V before he took to the throne ... you can see the Unknown Warrior’s coffin being brought aboard HMS Verdun. The General and the Unknown ...

While the reigns of George I and II had been marked by a royal detachment from the administration of American colonies, King George III asserted his claim on the colonies strenuously. The king saw ...