The idea for the HMS Vanguard came in response to a strategic assessment that by the early 1940s, the Royal Navy would be outnumbered in battleships by the German Kriegsmarine and Japanese ...

Among the notable improvements included replacing the planned 20mm anti-aircraft mounts with 40mm guns – of which HMS Vanguard carried seventy-three. She was also fitted with sixteen 5.25-inch ...

Ultimately, HMS Vanguard was commissioned in 1946, a year after WWII had ended. What makes the Vanguard so memorable for the ...

HMS Vanguard had been due for a three and a half year refit which turned into seven and a half years A nuclear submarine has left Devonport dockyard after a seven and a half year refit.

The 492ft (150m)-long HMS Vanguard arrived for maintenance in December 2015 for a three and a half year refit and an unscheduled refuelling with a new nuclear core. The submarine, which is one of ...