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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,…
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 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…
The secret science of radar that turned the tide of the Second World War retold at the Fleet Air Arm Museum
Award-winning science editor and Times journalist Tom Whipple joins Yeovilton’s Fleet Air Arm Museum for a special lecture on Friday 15 March at 7…
Extremely Rare Spanish Armada Maps to be displayed for the first time by the National Museum of the Royal Navy
The Armada Maps National Treasures exhibition is a once in a generation opportunity to view the ten incredibly rare maps that chart the defeat of the…
Operation Frankton: The story of the Cockleshell Heroes
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the daring Operation Frankton, undertaken between 7 and 12 December 1942. As part of its commemoration…
Key moment from the Falklands conflict recalled in day-long free event at the National Museum of the Royal Navy
Forty years to the day since Portsmouth-based County Class Destroyer HMS Antrim entered San Carlos Water to start the landing operations to retake…
Falklands 40: Key naval dates April 1982
Friday 2 April 1982 marked the start of the Falklands and here we look at some of the key naval dates over the first month of the conflict.
Falklands 40: The impact
Often with historic events it’s hard to understand the impact when you’re looking back and might not have experienced the conflict firsthand.In this…
Falklands 40: Conflict Overview
Thursday 14 June 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands following the invasion by Argentina on 2 April 1982.Over…
Falklands 40: Why did the conflict happen?
Like all disputed territory in a post-colonial world, the roots to this question run deep. With the discovery of the ‘New World’ in the late 1400s,…
The Night Hunters: The Royal Navy's Coastal Forces at War
Little-known story of the Royal Navy’s heroic coastal forces in both World Wars told for the first time in major new gallery at Explosion Museum of…
National Museum of The Royal Navy Saves Incredibly Rare Spanish Armada Maps for the Nation
The National Museum of the Royal Navy is proud to announce that in just eight weeks the fundraising campaign to save the Armada Maps for the nation…