The cannon is made of bronze and medium-sized, the release said, 8 feet, 6 inches long and part of a set that would have been put on the lower gun deck of the ship. Before it sank, the London was ...

MANILA--Chinese coast guard vessels, backed by navy ships, fired powerful water cannons and blocked and sideswiped a Philippine patrol vessel Wednesday in renewed aggression in a disputed shoal ...

Chinese coast-guard ships blasted water cannons at Philippine boats on Saturday in the South China Sea near Scarborough Shoal. The Philippines and the U.S. condemned China’s actions. Photo ...

Shortly after, the Chinese coast guard ship “intentionally sideswiped the BRP Datu Pagbuaya on its starboard side” and then “launched a second water cannon attack on the same vessel,” it said.

The cannons, which were cast for King Henry VIII, were allegedly smuggled from a shipwreck off the Waterford coast, transported to the UK and then sold to the Tower of London. Secret files ...