The Federal Polytechnic School opened its doors in autumn 1855. The founding law marked the start of a new era, but it also brought an end to a long debate. From as early as the 18th century, ...

As the national collection we have eggs collected on many of the major nineteenth and twentieth century voyages of discovery, including: HMS Rattlesnake The Transit of Venus Expedition of 1874–75 ...

However in December 1982 it was mostly demolished by the Royal Navy after a patrolling vessel, HMS Hecate discovered that someone had taken down the Union flag from the base flagpole and replaced ...

From the first shout of "fireball" the crew of HMS Diamond have just two minutes to react. In that time they have to work out whether the missile, travelling at more than three times the speed of ...

Ten years ago, historians hailed the discovery of HMS Victory, found on the seabed 50 miles (80km) southeast of Plymouth. Its sinking in 1744, which claimed the lives of 1,100 sailors, is ...

And most of what we know has only come to light in the last 150 years, starting with the expedition of HMS Challenger. Challenger set sail four days before Christmas in 1872 out of Portsmouth on the ...

In short, the updating of an already indispensable book.' "'Reviews of the first edition (1855-1974): 'Bahru Zewde, one of present-day Ethiopia's leading historians, must be thanked for producing the ...

HMS Prince of Wales will be going on a major deployment to Scotland, completing Exercise Strike Warrior as part of a UK Carrier Strike Group. Pictured is the carrier returning to Portsmouth on ...

Moscow's defence ministry said a patrol ship fired warning shots and a jet dropped bombs in the path of HMS Defender as it sailed some 12 miles (19km) off Crimea's coast. The UK government ...

HMS Prince of Wales will be departing HMNB Portsmouth on Saturday morning and will lead a UK Carrier Strike Group. The 65,000-tonne warship will be completing her autumn training programme ...

Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is due to depart HMNB Portsmouth this weekend for Exercise Strike Warrior, hosting F-35Bs from 809 Naval Air Squadron and 617 Squadron. This will be ...