It is often said that history is more than just words on the written page. For various reasons, many parts of our past have become lost or confused over time and World War I was no different.

Pictures: Chani Anderson Few towns in Ireland treasure their history as does Cobh. There is so much to value. From the early ...

Dr Sam Willis discovers how the British artist Norman Wilkinson developed dazzle camouflage to protect ships from German U-boats in WW1 WW1: Does the peace that ended the war haunt us today?

On 19 February 2025, the RAeS Weybridge Branch hosted Rear Admiral David Snelson CB FNI, recounting the story of the five ...

Dom has contributed to the discovery of many lost ships, including three Royal Navy ships. He recovers the wreckages by investigating anomalies found by scanning the sea beds around the UK. He said: ...

The 1901 – 1919 includes WW1. The roaring 20s gave us TFP (total ... Germany will probably need a fleet of battleships to take it 1200 tonnes home. General global mistrust between “friends ...

In 1890, the teenager made the first of several return trips to Australia on giant 2000-tonne sailing ships. Each voyage to ...

“I was like ‘bingo, this is my opportunity to own a shipwreck!’" Dom has been diving ever since he was a child and has contributed to the discovery of many lost ships, including three Royal Navy ships ...

Tilbury Riverside Station. AFTER the AGM at our April meeting we welcomed Scott Sullivan, a founder member of the Tilbury on ...

During WW1 the US even sent air craft to the island under the impression that they owned it only to find that the Japanese were living there and had multiple patrol ships. In 1968 after much confusion ...

US and European warships have used their deck guns to destroy Houthi drones at close range. It's good to know for future ...