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Florida Salvage Firm Discovers Legendary British Warship After 264 Years

Florida-based deep-sea explorers have reportedly found remains from the wreck of the most famous ship in British naval history that sank in the English Channel 264 years ago.

Odyssey Marine Exploration, a company that found millions worth sunken treasure in 2007, is expected to announce Monday that it has located the HMS Victory, a warship known as the finest ship in the world.

Pirates In Distress Call For Help, Anti-Pirate Ship Comes To Rescue

A Danish warship guarding commercial ships against pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday rescued seven suspected pirates from a stalled boat that had been drifting off Yemen's coast for eight days.

The crew of the navy ship Absalon seized several anti-tank rockets and AK-47 assault rifles onboard the skiff.before sinking it to eliminate obstruction in the busy shipping lane.

'Pirate Ship' Destroyed By Indian Navy Actually A Thai Trawler, Owner Claims

A Thai claimed Tuesday it was his trawler that was mistakenly identified as a pirate mother vessel and destroyed by an Indian warship off Somalia's coast last week.

Fourteen sailors of the Ekawat Nava 5 remain missing after the Indian frigate INS Tabar fired at the ship that had just been boarded by Somali pirates, according to Wicharn Sirichaiekawat, owner of the trawler.

Pentagon Bans Flash Drives After Virus Attack

The Department of Defense (DOD) has indefinitely banned employees from using flash drives and confiscated all such devices issued to them after a virus was accidentally released its computer network.

The ban was issued last week after a Navy staff lost classified information from his computer after inserting a flash drive infected with a global virus or worm. An unnamed Navy rear admiral on Thursday described the virus as a worm, which is spreading rapidly in military computer networks.

Nurse In Iconic WWII 'Kissing' Photo To Receive Honors From Navy

Her image of being bent backward and receiving a passionate kiss from a sailor in Times Square, New York on Aug. 15, 1945 after the surrender of Japan, formally ending World War II, has become one of the most iconic pictures of the 20th Century.

Now, 90-years-old Edith Shain of Los Angeles, who claims to be the young woman kissed by the sailor and captured in photo by Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, will be honored by the Navy on Veterans Day on Tuesday.