A British-owned ship has been hit by a missile in the Red Sea as part of an assault by Iranian-backed rebels, the US military said. The Bahamas-flagged Unity Explorer, owned by a British company, was ...

Greek and British maritime officials advised merchant ships to avoid the Strait of Hormuz after Israel's strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, though the critical oil corridor remains open for now.

On December 13th, 1939, the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee arrived at the estuary of the River Plate with the aim of hunting down British merchant ships. However, these plans were doomed to fail as ...