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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 – ...
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 has today unveiled its first uncrewed submarine – paving the way for how the UK could operate in the underwater battlespace. The 12m experimental vessel, displacing 19 tonnes and at two ...
Two of Europe’s most powerful task forces teamed up for a week-long exercise as the Royal Navy’s headline global mission reaches its high point in the Mediterranean. The Italian carrier strike group – ...
A UK warship has tracked a Russian submarine in the Channel – as part of a NATO mission to shadow Russian vessels. Ensuring the UK’s waters are secure, and the public protected, the Portsmouth-based ...
Royal Navy flagship HMS Prince of Wales is leading warships, aircraft and a submarine of the UK Carrier Strike Group into the Mediterranean ahead major allied exercises. Approaching the Strait of ...
The Royal Navy has completed a two-year project looking at the use of jet-powered drones. The navy Banshee drones have now been retired from service, with the Fleet Air Arm team having achieved its ...
Nine Royal Navy helicopters will be the eyes and ears of the UK Carrier Strike Group on its deployment to the Indo-Pacific over the next eight months. The Merlin helicopters from 820 Naval Air ...
The UK’s premier naval deployment of 2025 is underway as ships departed ports in England and Norway, led by the nation’s flagship. Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales was waved off by thousands of ...
Frigate HMS Richmond will be able to share more vital combat data even faster with other ships in the UK’s premier naval deployment of the year thanks to a tech upgrade. The Plymouth-based Type 23 is ...
Gearing up for their crucial supporting role in the Navy’s biggest deployment in four years are the crew of Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker RFA Tidespring. The Tide-class vessel – one of four large ...
For the first time a fleet of drones will fly crucial supplies between ships of the UK Carrier Strike Group when it deploys to the Indo-Pacific later this month. Alongside its F35B stealth jets and ...