American naval ships use USS before the ship's name, but with British ships it's HMS. There's a reason, and a lot of history, ...

Some decoy ships were fitted with explosive-filled ... more effort in its U-boat fleets as the final weapon to defeat Great Britain.” If Taylor’s team could confirm the old story that the ...

SS Great Britain was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. She was the longest passenger ship in the ...

As 1805 began, Napoleon was planning to cross the English Channel and invade Great Britain with 2000 ships and 200,000 soldiers. The French and British were at war once again: irreconcilable ...