Attack on the tirpitz medal

Today, the ocean liner is often considered a glamorous yet thoroughly outdated form of transport. While ships such as the RMS Titanic and the RMS Lusitania remain household names, their lesser-known c

Beryl Nevell thought her service during the Second World War had been a case of ‘doing her duty’. Then someone special stepped in and showed her what she was truly owed…

SITTING IN RETIRED Wing Commander Gordon Lear’s conservatory, chatting over coffee about his IWC MkXI navigators’ watch (as he recounts a completely unprintable story about the MP Peter Bottomley’s vi

New light on ‘Captain’ Warner’s weapon of mass destruction

A cut-crystal bed, with associated mirrors and throne, sparkled at auction earlier this month, but no glamour could beat the prize that was the Union Flag flown by HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar

When four passengers boarded the Titan submersible, they thought they were taking the trip of a lifetime, not a deep dive to their watery grave