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The history of Remembrance in the Royal Navy
Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have…
Trafalgar Day 2024: The Battle of Trafalgar
Join the National Museum of the Royal Navy as we launch a digital series for Trafalgar Day - covering the life of Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson,…
Trafalgar Day: HMS Victory after Trafalgar and W.L. Wyllie
Join the National Museum of the Royal Navy as we launch a digital series for Trafalgar Day - covering the life of Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson,…
British Special Service Squadron - September 1924
In this final instalment of the blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy follows the final movements of the British Special Service…
Trafalgar Day: Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
Join the National Museum of the Royal Navy as we launch a digital series for Trafalgar Day - covering the life of Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson,…
The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak
The sinking of HMS Royal Oak, in the early days of the Second World War, was a major shock for the Royal Navy. In total 834 personnel were killed as…
The DNA sequence of a wood-munching marauder - Sanger Institute
Tapping out the DNA code of the Deathwatch Beetle gives hope to future conservation research into battling this wood-munching marauder
British Special Service Squadron - August 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
British Special Service Squadron – July 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
British Special Service Squadron - June 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
HMS Trincomalee and the Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
As part of her second commission (1852-57), HMS Trincomalee was despatched to the Pacific Station in 1852. She started off her journey from Plymouth…
The story of the Royal Navy’s role in D-Day for D-Day 80
The D-Day landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, marked the start of the end for Nazi occupation in Europe. Nearly 7000 naval vessels were used…
British Special Service Squadron - May 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
British Special Service Squadron - April 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
The British Special Service Squadron - March 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
‘Free a man for the fleet!’ - Stories of inspiring Wrens
The Women’s Royal Naval Service, also known as WRNS, was a special branch of the Royal Navy formed initially to help ‘free a man for the fleet!’…