'World's Oldest' Christmas Pudding Celebrates 120th Birthday
The dessert was sent to British personnel serving on the front line in the Boer War during Christmas 1899.
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Navy Royals Attend Service Of Thanksgiving For WWII Veteran And Royal Navy Benefactor Sir Donald Gosling
Sir Donald died in September at the age of 90.
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Falklands German WWI Battleship Wreck Found Near Falkland Islands
The wreck of German SMS Scharnhorst has been located off the Falkland Islands.
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Remembrance IN PICTURES: Armistice Day 2019
Events to remember the fallen were held across the UK, a century after the very first Armistice Day in 1919.
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Royal Marines Royal Marines Assault Group Renamed
The renaming coincides with the 75th anniversary of one of the group's greatest battles.
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Naval History HMS Urge: WWII Submarine's Wreck Found On Mediterranean Seabed
Marine archaeologists located the remains off the coast of Malta, ending a 77-year mystery over its whereabouts.
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Stories Did These Military Ships Meet A Spooky End In The Bermuda Triangle?
When several ships of the same class disappeared, was it down to supernatural forces and ‘the curse of the collier’?
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Naval History Nelson's Hand-Drawn Trafalgar Plans Found In Scrapbook After 200 Years
The drawing was discovered together with an address leaf containing Admiral Lord Nelson's signature.
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Naval History Battle Of Trafalgar: Royal Navy Marks Anniversary In Portsmouth
Admiral Lord Nelson's fleet defeated French and Spanish forces in the Atlantic in 1805.
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History Historic Battlegrounds Among Military Sites In Danger Of Being Lost
Three wreckages are among the sites which remain at risk due to neglect, decay and development, while others have been salvaged.
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Navy Final Voyage For Royal Navy Captain Who Named Australia
The remains of Captain Matthew Flinders, the first to circumnavigate Australia, will return to Lincolnshire.
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Naval History Pre-WWI Battleship Wreck Granted Heritage Protection
HMS Montagu is the only surviving Duncan-class battleship in north European or English waters.
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Naval History Is Friday The 13th Unlucky? Here Are The Strangest Naval Superstitions Of All Time
Over hundreds of years, numerous superstitions have started from a combination of traditions, stories and folklore.
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Naval History Victorian Naval Journals Could Sell 'For Several Thousand' At Auction
Journals belonging to a Victorian-era British sailor go up for auction.
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WWII France Marks 75th Anniversary Of 'Second D-Day'
Two thousand ships and 450,000 soldiers took part in the amphibious assault on the beaches of the Mediterranean.
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Heritage The Royal Naval Tradition Of Paying The Constables Dues
During the reign of Richard II, Naval ships passing into London were ordered to pay a fee to the Constable of the Tower.