Royal Navy

Below A German U boat shells a British merchantman in the First World War. German submarines represented a new kind of maritime warfare and a mortal threat to British supply lines.

Defeating the Kaiser’s U-boats: British Anti-Submarine Weapons, 1914-1918

David Porter, MHM ’s military technology specialist, analyses the Royal Navy’s victory in the first ‘Battle of the Atlantic’.

Review: Royal Navy Submarine Museum

Reviewing the best military history exhibitions WITH MATTHEW ADAMS.

Above One of the more modern wrecks covered by English Heritage’s survey: the remains of a U boat surrendered after the First World War, which now lies in Stoke Saltings on the north coast of Kent. Her identity remains unknown, but it has been suggested she could be UB 122, which was lost while being towed for breaking in 1921.

When Britannia ruled the waves: exploring shipwreck heritage

From sea shanties to the shipping forecast, boats and the sea are woven into the fabric of English life and culture, and yet we only began to take shipwrecks seriously as historical and archaeological monuments in the 1970s. Chris Catling looks at what we have gained in the 40 years since the passing of the landmark Protection of Wrecks Act in 1973.

The Past

Nelson, Navy, Nation: the secret of victory

As the National Maritime Museum opens its new Nelson gallery, MHM Editor Neil Faulkner analyses the admiral’s legend.

Finding HMS Namur: solving the mystery of the ship beneath the floor

In 1995 the discovery of part of a Royal Navy warship hidden in the Wheelwrights’ Shop at The Historic Dockyard Chatham sparked a hunt to determine both the name of the vessel and what it was doing there. Now, this unique find has proven to be the final twist in the tale of an exceptional warship, as Alex Patterson explained to Matthew Symonds.