The older Prince of Wales was sunk by Japanese aircraft in December 1941. In the modern age, it faces a new enemy: looters ...

The Second World War was fought on many fronts, with skirmishes occurring on land, in the air, and at sea alike. As a result, several forms of transportation and warfare became synonymous with the ...

News of the sinking of the British Royal Navy warships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by Japanese military pilots in the Pacific rippled around the world. It was Dec. 10, 1941, just days after ...

The sinking of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales. (Ullstein Bild/Getty Images) An illegal Chinese salvage operation seized by Malaysian authorities Sunday is suspected to have looted two iconic World ...

Sailors from the Royal Navy flagship paid tribute to their Second World War counterparts who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Low-background metal, material produced before the detonation of nuclear bombs in the 1940s, is highly valued for medical and scientific purposes. The clear constraints mean that low-background metal ...

A Chinese salvage ship has been caught looting British World War II shipwrecks near the Malaysian coast. The vessel, a dredger named Chuan Hong 68, was seen lurking near the shipwrecks of the Royal ...