The Australian submarine HMS Oxley was doomed to become the first Allied submergible sunk during World War 2. While on patrol ...

In August 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine “ Kursk ” sailed to the Arctic Circle to participate in a scheduled military drill. The K-141 vessel ultimately sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea, ...

Moscow’s cover-up of the Kursk submarine incident seriously damaged Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prestige—and was even viewed by some as a “turning point” for modern Russia. The Americans almost ...

Model of the Kursk nuclear submarine at the Lennusadam Maritime Museum in Tallinn, Estonia. Pjotr Mahhonin/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY During his first term, Vladimir Putin had to confront a raft of ...

The Royal Navy's history stretches back to 1546 when it was established by Henry VIII. Since then, many illustrious names have served in what was once the world's most powerful navy. One name that has ...

The Guardian reported that current legislation "designates HMAS Stirling off Perth and the Osborne naval shipyard in Adelaide" as a storage site for low- and intermediate-level waste, but the law also ...