We interrupt this series to bring you a wreck that sank only recently and, thanks to kind March weather, did so right on time and in place. The Scylla is the UK's first artificial reef and John Liddiard was keen to give it a tryIllustration by Max Ellis
Historically Britain had as many as four major aircraft carriers meaning she could deal with more than one crisis at a time, writes ex-diplomat Adrian Hill.
SIR – While touring South Africa in 1947, the then Princess Elizabeth made a wonderful broadcast speech on her 21st birthday, dedicating her whole life, “whether it be long or short”, to the service of “our great imperial family to which we all belong”.
Russian shipbuilder Vostochnaya Verf, the main supplier of ships for the maritime border forces of the Russian Navy, has allegedly stopped production due to no supply of foreign-made components.