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Regional leaders and former comrades gathered to honor retired Royal Navy officer Captain Harold Whitmore, whose death leaves just three surviving veterans from the Isle of Wight’s WWII ranks. Whitmore, a D-Day survivor and lifelong advocate for veterans’ rights, passed at St. Mary’s Hospital on Tuesday aged 101.
Maritime archaeologists excavating HMS Victory’s surviving masts have unearthed a surgeon’s chest packed with 1750s medical tools, rewriting naval medicine records. The discovery occurred during routine hull maintenance at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on February 12, 2025.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed Britain is collaborating with international partners to restore safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz after recent threats to global shipping. The move follows urgent calls from the US for allied naval deployments to counter escalating tensions in the region.