Why Do Aircraft Carriers Have Their Island On The Starboard Side?

I came across this little ‘factoid’ in the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s in-house magazine, Scuttlebutt, which was a fascinating publication until they stopped publishing it! It’s one of those ‘unknown unknowns’ as Donald Rumsfeld would say. I didn’t know that I didn’t know it… until I read it! Have you ever noticed that … Continue reading Why Do Aircraft Carriers Have Their Island On The Starboard Side?