Volunteer historians keen to preserve the heritage of Portsmouth dockyard’s workers are celebrating receiving a £7,500 Heritage Lottery Fund grant which will enable them to focus on The Triangle Girls.
THE sacked captain of HMS Queen Elizabeth has been removed from the helm of the carrier for the homeward journey despite the Royal Navy saying he would sail her home.
THE head of the Armed Forces is said to be ‘concerned’ over the decision to remove the captain of HMS Queen Elizabeth from his position, according to reports.
HMS Collingwood will be opening its gates to the public on Saturday, 1 June, for an annual open day – including the popular Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) Field Gun Competition.
ON his 22nd birthday, Staff Sergeant Laurie Weeden landed a glider with 30 troops on board into France under the cover of nightfall ready to fight on D-Day.
Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt says she will not intervene in the case of a Royal Navy captain who has been relieved of his command of an aircraft carrier over the use of an official car.
AN INDEPENDENT public inquiry should be established to investigate allegations of unlawful killings, torture and ill-treatment by British troops in Iraq, a United Nations body has urged.
A FORMER lieutenant commander has hit out at the Royal Navy’s ‘sad’ decision to sack the captain of its future flagship after he reportedly misused its official car.
