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Fourteen still in hospital after ship toppled in dry dock

Fourteen people remain in hospital after a ship tipped over in a dry dock, leaving 35 people injured. A major incident was declared as police, ambulances, the fire service and coastguard were called to a report that a ship had become dislodged from ...

23 Mar 2023 at 10:44

Mystery solved: Victorian orphan who asked not to be forgotten was US hero

A Victorian orphanage choirboy, who hid a letter in a church pew asking not to be forgotten, went on to become a US naval hero, it has been revealed. Written in 1897 by 13-year-old William Elliott, the note was recently found by workmen renovating ...

26 Apr 2022 at 17:25

World

Biden picks female admiral to lead navy, official says

US President Joe Biden has chosen Admiral Lisa Franchetti to lead the navy, a senior administration official has said. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to be a US military service chief. Mr Biden’s decision to choose Ms Franchetti, an ...

21 Jul 2023 at 19:26

Seven still in hospital after US Navy research ship toppled in dry dock

Seven people remain in hospital after a US Navy ship tipped over in a dry dock, leaving 35 people injured. A major incident was declared as police, ambulances, the fire service and coastguard were called to a report that a ship had become ...

23 Mar 2023 at 14:22

World

US Navy medic who survived Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour dies at 103

Harry Chandler, a US Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbour after Japan’s attack on the naval base in 1941, has died at the age of 103. He died at a senior living centre in Tequesta, Florida, on ...

01 Jan 2025 at 08:08

World

Ex-Border Patrol agent convicted over murders of four South Texas sex workers

A former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 has been convicted of murder after jurors heard recordings of him telling investigators he was trying to “clean up the streets” of his South Texas hometown. ...

08 Dec 2022 at 06:22

World

Iran directly involved in Yemen Houthi rebel ship attacks – US navy chief

Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel’s war against Hamas, the US navy’s top commander in the Middle East has said. However, Vice Adm Brad Cooper, the head of the ...

22 Jan 2024 at 19:45

Scotland

MV Petrel back in the water more than a month after toppling over in dry dock

A vessel owned by the US Navy which toppled over in an Edinburgh dry dock, leaving dozens injured, is floating again. The MV Petrel is back in the water at the Leith dockyard, more than a month after a huge emergency service ...

02 May 2023 at 19:46

Iran seizes another oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

World

Iran seizes oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz, US navy says

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has seized a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the second such capture in less than a week. The taking of the Niovi renewed concerns about Iran ...

03 May 2023 at 15:23

World

US to transform white elephant destroyers by fitting hypersonic weapons

The US Navy is to transform three, white elephant, stealth destroyers by fitting them with first-of-their-kind shipborne hypersonic weapons. The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard where workers have ...

30 Nov 2024 at 21:56

Scotland

Painter ‘flew from one side of the bridge to the other’ as ship tipped over

A worker among 35 people injured when a US naval ship tipped over in a dry dock has spoken about the “scary” incident as a law firm looks into potential civil actions. Constantin Pogor said he was thrown ...

26 Apr 2023 at 12:00

HMS Prince of Wales breaks down off south coast after departing for US

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has broken down off the south coast shortly after embarking for exercises in the US. The 65,000-tonne warship left from Portsmouth Naval Base, ...

29 Aug 2022 at 11:37

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