Time was when a new Royal yacht – for the British Royal Family – seemed like a rather good idea. Hailed as a miracle wheeze for boosting heavy industrial and craft-level jobs as well as re-gilding the ...

A British sailor is lost at sea after his yacht was found "eviscerated" off the south-western French coast in stormy weather, ...

A British sailor is missing in the Bay of Biscay after Storm Herminia made landfall on the western coast of Europe, bringing with it high winds and torrential rain.

A British sailor is missing after his yacht was found 'eviscerated' during a storm in the Bay of Biscay. Divers found no sight of the 73-year-old man after his distress beacon was set off around ...

Cowes Castle, clubhouse of the Royal Yacht Squadron Credit: alamy Robert “Robin” Philip Rising was born on May 1 1934 in Bristol, where his father was a manager at British American Tobacco.

It will be the successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia, which was retired in 1997 after 44 years in service. The yacht, whose name has yet to be announced, will sail the globe, hosting trade fairs ...

In January 1997, British sailor Tony Bullimore found ... and fellow competitor Thierry Dubois, whose yacht had also capsized. The Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Adelaide located Exide Challenger ...

London-based superyacht design firm Vitruvius Yacht Design has established a new subsidiary in Italy to strengthen its ...

A drone view shows a flooded area at Le Pont Rean in Guichen near Rennes as the Vilaine river overflows after days of heavy rain causing flooding as the storm Herminia hits western France, January 27, ...

A British sailor is missing in the Bay of Biscay after his damaged yacht was found off the French coast. A search was launched for the 73-year-old on Saturday after a distress beacon was launched ...