Immortalised as ‘Spitfires of the Seas’, they were often deployed in the dark, at speeds up to 35 knots. Professor Dominic Tweddle, director general of the National Museum of the Royal Navy ...

Within days, a Royal Navy ... consisting only of Harrier GR9s. At present, Harrier formations deployed on the Navy's three carriers normally consist of a combination of Sea Harriers, primarily ...

The 18th-century Royal Navy... won all the great battles at sea, and almost all the wars. The 18th-century Royal Navy was the most effective fighting force in the world; it won all the great ...

A Harrier jump jet has taken off for the last time from a British aircraft carrier, bringing an end to a proud history of naval and aviation endeavour. Flight Commander James Blackmore was the ...

A veteran Royal Navy pilot of the Falklands conflict has ... Simon Hargreaves, aged 44, was one of the youngest British Sea Harrier pilots in the Falklands conflict, and the first to land there ...