On September 12, 1942, German U-boat commander Werner Hartenstein torpedoed the British liner Laconia in the South Atlantic, ...

A creative interpretation of the law enabled President Franklin Roosevelt to provide military aid to Britain despite his ...

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) were alerted by a report that the vessel was in trouble south west of Eddystone ...

Aug 22 (Reuters) – A British Army sailing crew competing in one of yachting’s most demanding races found themselves conducting an impromptu wildlife rescue 70 nautical miles from shore when an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The gig bears the colours of the Torbay lifeboat from 1866 [BBC] A gig boat wrapped in the colours of a 19th Century lifeboat ...

PARIS, Aug 21 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister ‌Andy Burnham and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will co-chair a meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing ...

Nestled against a stone wall in a historic cemetery in the Mystic section of Groton is the grave of a British sailor killed during a skirmish with American troops in 1814, days after a bombardment of ...

A British Army sailing crew competing in one of yachting's most demanding races found themselves coming to the rescue of a bedraggled barn owl 70 nautical miles from shore when the exhausted creature ...

Bird falls into sea three times before collapsing onto deck Skipper Will Naylor said crew nursed exhausted barn owl during push to Cowes Race covered 1,805 nautical miles, starting in Cowes on Aug 9 ...