When the British Royal Navy battleship HMS Vanguard was laid down in 1941, battleships were already on the wane. Aircraft ...

HMS Vanguard, launched in 1946 after battleships were already outdated, never saw combat, rendering it unnecessary. There are countless lists of the best battleships ever to sail the world's ...

More than 800 people died when HMS Vanguard sank in Scapa Flow. A series of internal explosions ripped through the battleship at about 23:20 on 9 July 1917. A memorial service was held in St ...