In 1938, with war looming, the British Royal Navy rushed to fill a gap in its convoy escort capabilities. The result was the Hunt-class destroyers, ships meant to guard slow-moving merchant convoys ...

Ubisoft’s Silent Hunter made submarines famous in the video game industry, just like Elite made space trading and space exploration exceedingly popular among gamers who love sci-fi. In the meantime, ...

Tony Ditcham, who has died aged 102, was continuously at sea during the Second War World and, as a midshipman, was one of the youngest winners of the Distinguished Service Cross. In the early hours of ...