Tory defence chief James Cartlidge may have got his naval facts shaken, not stirred, after mixing up a fictional James Bond boat with a real Royal Navy warship. In a blunder worthy a 'licence to ...

Cartlidge joked that he intentionally made the blunder to see if the MoD was using AI instead of humans to answer questions THE Tories’ defence chief got a ship from James Bond confused with a real ...

I had earned accelerated advancement at the age of 17.5 years. That entitled me to be called Ordinary Telegraphist instead of Boy Telegraphist. I was, however, too young to drink but old enough to ...

“The trim and basin dive is a key step in the commissioning of HMS Agamemnon. This period enables us to set the boat’s ...

HMS Westminster (F237) was filmed in Portsmouth, Hampshire to represent Type 23 Royal Navy frigate, HMS Chester, whilst HMS Dryad, a training simulator in Fareham, Hampshire portrayed the operations ...

This story was submitted to the People's War site by Eileen Linder on behalf of Alexander Somerville, and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms ...

The UK’s newest Astute-class nuclear powered hunter killer submarine, HMS Agamemnon, has submerged for the first time at the BAE Systems yard at Barrow-in-Furness, conducting a ‘trim dive’ during a ...

The Eastbourne Gilbert & Sullivan Society’s HMS Pinafore sailed into town this week and was given three loud cheers (and one cheer more) on the opening night by an enthusiastic audience at the ...

It's another normal day of Navy life, all is quiet and you're getting on with your duties as is the done thing. But then, all of a sudden, a huge drill penetrates the hull of your ship and you begin ...