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On This Day, May 27: Tornado outbreak kills 27 in Central Texas
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoAn estimated 200,000 people crossed it the first day. Smoke rises from the German battleship...
Royal Navy ships to be fitted with laser guns five years earlier than planned
Daily Express· 2 days agoAccording to reports, under the MOD’s plan, the Royal Navy will begin installing the new weapons...
Houthi attacks in the Red Sea: a timeline since October
Ship Technology via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoThat attack was one of four in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea during that week. A week earlier, a UK ...
Royal Navy warship came within ‘hair’s breadth’ of crash with oil tanker due to tired officer
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA Royal Navy warship came within just 360 metres of crashing into an oil tanker after a “fatigued”...
Colombia begins exploring ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’
BBC via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoThe South American nation has also declared a protected archaeological area around the San José galleon - which was sunk by the British Royal Navy in...
Today in History: The Golden Gate Bridge opens
Chicago Tribune· 44 minutes agoOn May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles...
Veteran attends torch ceremony ahead of D-Day 80
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoStan Ford reflected on his time in the Royal Navy with primary school pupils [BBC] A 99-year-old veteran joined a ceremony to pass on a commemorative...
Paper review: 'Desperate' national service plan and 'soggy bottom Monday'
BBC via AOL· 6 hours agoThe former head of the Royal Navy, Admiral Lord West, tells the Guardian the proposal is...
New date set for chief constable misconduct hearing
BBC via AOL· 5 days agoChief Constable Nick Adderley is accused of misrepresenting his military service. He allegedly wore a Falklands War medal he did not earn and falsely...
Rare First World War naval signal book found in Oxfam shop
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA lead-lined Royal Navy signal book from the First World War has been discovered in an Oxfam book...