Nothing short of an act of war will cause the British Navy to interfere with the sailing of two Egyptian destroyers now loading ammunition and other stores at Portsmouth harbor, a Royal Navy spokesman ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The German battleships closed in at more than at thirty knots. The British destroyers attempted to lay smoke to cover the carrier’s withdrawal, but it was too late.

In November 1941, a German U-boat sank HMS Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier. Ark Royal had been a thorn in the side of the German navy during the early years of World War II. Ark Royal is one of ...