Horatio Nelson is famous for besting Napoleon at sea. But what did he mean by “Kiss me, Hardy”—his supposed last words?

The first moving naval “torpedo” was physically attached to the submarine that used it—with perhaps predictable results.

Naval combat seems complicated enough, but if torpedoes have to directly impact their target to do damage, it'd be even harder. Do they require accuracy?

For much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, battleships represented the peak of naval power. These massive armored vessels carried the largest guns and symbolized national strength at sea. But ...

The unfolding Iran war has ricocheted across the region and beyond, with nearly every country in the Middle East sustaining ...

More than 80 years after it was sunk in combat, the German submarine U-864 remains a silent threat beneath the waters off Norway. Loaded with nearly 67 tons of metallic mercury, the wreck continues to ...

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Andrew Ranken, drummer and founding member of British Celtic punk band the Pogues, died Feb. 10. He was 72. Current band members Spider Stacy, James Fearnley and Jem Finer confirmed his death in a ...

The strike in the eastern Pacific, the third on suspected drug trafficking boats this year, was the second authorized by Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the new head of the Southern Command. By Eric Schmitt ...

In Samar, Philippines, a group of local boys known as the Fighter Boys have built their own torpedo-shaped boats. Designed for speed and excitement, these handmade watercraft slice through the ocean ...