The Royal Navy pounced on a drug runner in the Middle East, seizing more than 1½ tonnes of illegal narcotics worth £30m. After secretly shadowing the suspect through the Arabian Sea for more than 24 ...

Royal Navy warships and helicopters were activated for the second time this month to report on Russian activity in UK waters. HMS Dragon monitored Russian intelligence gathering ship Yuri Ivanov as it ...

The Royal Navy Trophy Fund has received two commissioned paintings during a formal presentation held onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth, marking the culmination of a special initiative to commemorate the ...

Reservists in northwest London celebrated the silver jubilee of their unit’s existence by rewarding outstanding personnel. HMS Wildfire, based at Northwood, has been serving the Home Counties since ...

General Sir Gwyn Jenkins will lead the Royal Navy of the future as he takes up the mantle of First Sea Lord, becoming head of the nation’s Senior Service. A formal supersession took place today in the ...

The first of the Royal Navy’s new general-purpose warships was today revealed to the world. After more than three years’ construction in a cavernous assembly hall in Rosyth, Fife, the 28-metre-tall ...

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth that Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) trials will be conducted within the Dockyard Port of Portsmouth over the period 28 May – 5 ...

Naval aviators who braved the elements and hunted down U-boats in WW2 biplanes have been honoured by today’s sailors. Pilot Lieutenant Commander John Barnes and Telegraphist Air Gunner Ron Underwood ...

Crew of one of Britain’s most powerful military machines gathered in the cavernous dry dock housing her to mark the next stage in the £560m regeneration of HMS Victorious. The 16,000-tonne submarine – ...

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Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales, Sponsor of HMS Glasgow, today gave her blessing to the Royal Navy’s newest warship. Smashing a bottle of whisky against the hull for good luck, Her Royal ...

The Royal Navy’s HMS Trent is primed to return upgraded – and with new dazzle camouflage – to the Fleet for the first time since her historic Caribbean mission. The Portsmouth-based patrol ship has ...