The ships involved were the British Royal Navy’s HMS Vanguard and the French ... According to McNeilly the Vanguard had become the poster child in the failing British Royal Navy (an issue ...

The idea for the HMS Vanguard came in response to a strategic assessment that by the early 1940s, the Royal Navy would be outnumbered in battleships by the German Kriegsmarine and Japanese ...

HMS Vanguard had been due for a three and a half year refit which turned into seven and a half years A nuclear submarine has left Devonport dockyard after a seven and a half year refit.

HMS Vanguard, the first of the navy's nuclear-powered Trident missile submarines to be refitted at a Devon dockyard, leaves Plymouth on Thursday. HMS Vanguard arrived in Plymouth for refit two years ...

Lengthy delays to the refit of HMS Vanguard and a fire on board HMS Victorious have exposed vulnerabilities in the UK's continuous at-sea deterrent (CASD). The paper reported that a fault in an ...

Royal Navy divers changed the White Ensign on the wreck of HMS Vanguard as part of the commemorations A service to mark the centenary of one of the biggest tragedies in the history of the Royal ...

Deep beneath the surface of the Atlantic, HMS Vanguard — one of four identical Royal Navy submarines carrying Trident nuclear missiles — is on patrol. Moving at a fast-walking pace ...

HMS Vanguard arrived at Devonport for maintenance in 2015 and had been due to leave in 2020 Inspectors found a "defect" on a nuclear submarine which had been at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth for ...

The second failed launch in a row – after a misfire in 2016 – happened while Defence Secretary Grant Shapps was on board HMS Vanguard to witness the test. It is the second failed test since ...

HMS Vanguard, the first of the navy's nuclear-powered Trident missile submarines to be refitted at a Devon dockyard, leaves Plymouth on Thursday. HMS Vanguard arrived in Plymouth for refit two ...