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US Navy says Iran boats ‘harassed’ ship in Strait of Hormuz
The guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul and the Royal Navy’s frigate HMS Lancaster responded to the incident, according to the U.S. Navy.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
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Chinese ship accused of looting iconic WWII shipwrecks
An illegal Chinese salvage operation is suspected to have raided two iconic World War II wrecks.
The Navy’s Ex Ex and a legacy of military naturalists
On Aug. 18, 1838, the Exploring Expedition led by Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes embarked on a world cruise of scientific discovery. He fit well into a class of armed scientists, military naturalists who rose to prominence in the 18th and 19th centuries.
By Richard Conniff, HistoryNet
UK joins US in Strait of Hormuz naval security mission
Britain said Monday that it would join a U.S.-led naval security mission in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran’s seizure of merchant vessels has raised tensions with the West. Earlier, Iran’s foreign minister lambasted recent U.S. financial sanctions against him, calling the move a “failure” for diplomacy.
British frigate shadows Chinese warship in the English Channel
Beijing's guided-missile destroyer Xian was returning from Russia's annual Navy Days in St. Petersburg.
Video from Iran shows Guard warning away UK warship
The Iranian officer is then heard saying: "Don't put your life in danger."
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
Iran offers to swap seized oil tanker for another taken by UK
In the meantime, Britain continues plans to deploy a Europe-led "maritime protection mission" to safeguard shipping in the area after Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
Released audio reveals Iranian aggression in Strait
The audio shows that a British frigate was too far away from the targeted tanker to keep it from being diverted into an Iranian port despite U.K. efforts to keep it from being boarded.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
Another Revolutionary War shipwreck found in York River
Like most of the 10 wrecks previously discovered, this one is entombed in the muck, a ghostly witness to America's fight for freedom, shrouded with a mound of silt and oyster shells.
By Joanne Kimberlin, The Virginian-Pilot
London sending warship to the Persian Gulf
The British navy said Thursday it had stopped three Iranian paramilitary vessels from disrupting the passage of a British oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.
When John Paul Jones crossed over
In 1905, an American cruiser took the remains of the Revolutionary War naval hero home.
By Ellen Hampton, Military History Magazine
Meet America’s daring frigate captains
In the War of 1812, Britain’s powerful Royal Navy met its match in a determined band of U.S. Navy warship commanders.
By Cmdr. Benjamin "B.J." Armstrong