Britain had 270 ships to the American navy's 27. During the war, the British lost close to 500 men, while the Americans lost 20 men.

The revelation of the prodigious activity of the Germans in the building of warships has painfully shocked the British mind ... and supremacy of their navy. Now their confidence has been ...

Married father-of-three Sir Benjamin Key, who has served in the Navy for 40 years, has been First Sea Lord since 2021 ...

Many men from the Caribbean did join the Merchant Navy, but sailors from the British Empire were paid about one third of the wages that white sailors were paid. It is estimated that approximately ...

Only the British empire was expected to survive as the standard ... and financial channels on which most global commerce depended. And the Royal Navy maintained its preeminence, with ports of ...

First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key joined the Navy in 1984 (Yui Mok/PA ... was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2016 and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in ...