Smithsonian Magazine1d
How Britain’s Secret Decoy Ships Outfoxed German U-Boats During World War I
Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and the Royal Navy Q-ship that sank it in February 1917 ...
Greek Reporter6d
The Liberty Ships and the Beginning of Greece’s Maritime Rule
The mass-produced Liberty ships that played a significant role in WWII eventually helped Greece become the world's leading ...
Labour faces a growing backlash from the left for preventing illegal immigrants gaining British citizenship
The Home Office has quietly introduced new rules that mean anyone now applying to become a UK citizen will 'normally be ...
TheCollector on MSN7d
Did the Convoy System Save Britain in World War I?
At the beginning of World War I, Britain relied on imports, carried by merchant ships sailing alone, and easy targets for ...
How the U.S. planned to annex Canada if victorious in a larger war with Britain
However, War Plan Red, one of several colour-coded war plans devised by U.S. military strategists after the First World War, didn’t identify Canada as a threat. The Yankees’ crosshairs were aimed at ...
Business Insider16d
Our cruise ship left without us. Some quick thinking and a key part of our booking saved us from being stuck for long.
Related stories It's one of the biggest perks of booking directly through a cruise — the ships don't wait for passengers who miss the departure time if they're ... was able to come back for ...
Metro21d
Wreck of lost British ship found in Turkey more than 150 years after it sank
A ‘lost and long-forgotten’ British ... as they neared the other steamer, the Sharkie, suddenly lurched towards the Kalioub and tore a hole through its port side, sending its sister ship ...
Hosted on MSN21d
Wreck of British-built ship discovered over 150 years after tragedy struck
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Euronews23d
Sweden seizes and boards ship suspected of cable damage in Baltic Sea
Sweden’s coast guard boarded and seized the ship they allege damaged the underwater fibre optic cable between Latvia and Sweden in the Baltic Sea, in yet another incident sparking fresh fears of ...
CNN23d
Ships, sea drones and AI: How NATO is hardening its defense of critical Baltic undersea cables
The following day, Finnish officials boarded and detained the Eagle S, a Cook Islands-flagged tanker they ... the British navy was forced to escort what it described as a Russian spy ship through ...
London Evening Standard23d
Russian ships damaging UK underwater cables face raid by Royal Marine Commandos, signals Defence Secretary
Russian ships which damage British underwater cables face being raided ... it broke the connection between Finland and Estonia, they were part of an operation now that we are working together ...
Historic UK24d
British Convicts to Australia
This all came to an end when the American War of Independence concluded British rule in North ... despite the crimes that they had committed being generally low-grade. The prisoners were transported ...