HMS Prince of Wales is “an unlucky ship”, or why it keeps breaking down, which means the aircraft carrier has spent more time in dry dock than at sea. The £3 billion aircraft carrier ...

A team led by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says it found the wreck of the USS Lexington, an aircraft carrier that was sunk in 1942’s Battle of the Coral Sea with the loss of more ...

Britain's flagship aircraft carrier has been pictured for the first time spearheading one of the most fearsome battlegroups in recent history - which could soon clash with China's military.

The USS Lexington (CV ... where her aircraft sank an Italian battleship and badly damaged two others. While German Stuka dive bombers later crippled her, HMS Illustrious was repaired in the ...

The ‘cash-strapped’ Royal Navy could be forced to sell the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier, sources have claimed. Senior figures within the Navy have spoken out after next week’s Budget ...

The Royal Navy's former flagship, HMS Ark Royal, is to be towed to a breakers' yard in Turkey. But how exactly do you scrap an aircraft carrier? There were schemes that offered a future of sorts ...

This battle was part of the broader Guadalcanal Campaign, where the Hornet played a critical role before being overwhelmed by Japanese aircraft. At the same time, the USS Lexington (CV-2 ...

HMS Prince of Wales sailed from Portsmouth on Tuesday (Andrew Matthews/PA) PA Wire The Prime Minister, who will see the UK’s F-35 warplanes deployed on the carrier, said the operation sent a ...

Over the decade that followed, several naval powers experimented to develop their aircraft carriers for use during conflicts. The most notable among these include the HMS Argus which was developed ...