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Overshadowed by the Dreadnought battleships, it was Admiral Fisher's Battlecruisers of the Royal Navy that patrolled the oceans in the last days of the British Empire.

The concept behind the battlecruiser was simple. Faster than anything that can outgun them. Bigger guns than anything that can outrun them. Great - in theory.

The Fairey Swordfish was approaching obsolescence at the outbreak of World War II and despite that handicap it was still in front-line service on VE Day.

The pride of the Kriegsmarine, the battleship Bismarck's only voyage saw great victory in the Battle of the Denmark Strait - and shattering defeat in the Bay of Biscay.

The story of a doomed operation in February 1942 against impossible odds and the man who became the first Fleet Air Arm winner of the highest recognition for valour.

In January 1918 the Royal Navy lost two submarines and over 100 men in a tragic wartime accident.

Somewhere along the way, some adults have concluded that gifted children are far too sophisticated to need play time, when in fact everyone needs a little fun and games.

At the close of World War One, the victorious allies ordered that the powerful and undefeated High Seas Fleet present itself for interment until a final peace.

More than forty of the 74 ships of the Imperial German Navy's High Sea Fleet only left their final anchorage as scrap if at all.

The PBY Catalina was a vital part of Coastal Command's armoury; and in US Navy and RAAF service it is remembered with affection.

As she slid down the slipway on February 10, 1906, few realised the role the British battleship Dreadnought was to play in the shaping of the world for the next century.

Compared the massive operations conducted in World War I Europe, the Battle of Tsingtao was a relatively minor affair. But to the Japanese, it was the main event.