On Remembrance Sunday we remember the fallen and the stories of conflicts. The loss of HMS Cornwall and tanker British Commander is just one.
The crew of the recently retired Royal Navy warship HMS Cornwall have taken part in a special parade in Truro. The Royal Navy said the crew would be exercising their "ceremonial historic right" to ...
Secret Ministry of Defence documents released to the Times newspaper reveal that the British government lied about the circumstances surrounding the capture of 15 sailors and marines from HMS Cornwall ...
THE Southampton-based commander of a British frigate on pirate-hunting duties in the Gulf received the Queen's "royal blessing" today. David Wilkinson, 44, swapped his warship's bridge for the ...
Commander has told of the dramatic moment his crew launched an armed raid on Somali pirates. David Wilkinson was in charge of HMS Cornwall as the vessel swooped on a pirate ‘mother ship’ in the Gulf ...
You are in: Cornwall > About Cornwall > About Cornwall > HMS Wave These historic pictures from 1952 were sent in by the St Ives Trust Archive Study Centre. They show HMS Wave which ran aground in the ...
One of the British marines pointing to where he was captured on Iran's Al-Alam TV on April 1 (epa) April 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- London says the 15 British sailors and marines captured on March 23 were ...
Damage has been caused to a historic shipwreck off the coast of Cornwall by fishing equipment which was illegally placed on the protected wreck of HMS Coronation. The HMS Coronation was a 90-gun ...
As another UK warship is set to be consigned to the breakers yard with former Type 23 frigate HMS Monmouth now destined to be torn up at Turkey’s Leyal Ship Recycling, the apparent absence of UK ...