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On this day in 1942, Japanese aircraft sank HMAS Vampire (pictured) and the RN light carrier HMS Hermes. Hermes was torpedoed sank with the loss of 300 men. Bombs broke Vampire’s back when they struck amidships.

US Navy faces mine-hunting choices, Norman Friedman writes.

The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir George Zambellas KCB DSC ADC, talks about where the Royal Navy stands following the Strategic Defence and Security Review.

By Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe, Mitchell Sutton and Tim Dempsey* SINCE the instigation of the ‘Two Ocean Navy’ policy of 1987, Perth has emerged as the Royal...

THE US Navy has a new aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford. Named for the underwhelming vice-president who stepped up to the oval office when Richard Nixon resigned the US presidency over the Watergate scandal, it is first of a new class of 10 carriers that are planned to be built between now and the 2060s. This is a remarkable declaration of the Pentagon's faith in such huge and massively expensive ships, Hugh White writes.

The US Navy has begun testing a radical 'drone boat' that will automatically scour the seas for enemy submarines for months at a time.

CHINESE ships left the port of Qingdao on Saturday to take part in naval exercises off the coast of Indonesia, China's Ministry of Defence...

At the United Nations in New York, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is representing the interests of shipowners at the opening session of...

Next generation guided missile destroyer Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is back at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard after four days of successful builder’s trails, according...

A recent call for greater maritime cooperation among Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. has merit, John S. Van Oudenaren writes.