Aside from their love of the sea, the ancient Greeks and Vikings shared much more that united them and divided them.

When the Persian king, Xerxes, invaded Greece in the spring of 480 BC, he did so at the head of vast army. Once the Spartan force at Thermopylae had been defeated, his route by land to Athens was ...

The Royal Navy has named its latest 7,400-tonne submarine after the ancient Greek king Agamemnon in a nod to Lord Nelson's favourite ship affectionately nicknamed 'Eggs and Bacon'. At 97metres ...

The submarine was christened with bottle of beer from the local Ulverston Brewing Company A new Royal Navy submarine has been officially named after the ancient Greek king Agamemnon. The ceremony ...

In ancient times ... trireme's soldiers sometimes jumped onto a damaged ship to capture it. Argo the dog is missing! He was last spotted on a Greek battlefield. Play the game to train with ...

Greece’s navy said Wednesday (22 July) it had deployed ships in the Aegean in “heightened readiness” after Turkey announced plans for energy exploration near a Greek island. Turkey is at ...