In response to the Strategic Defence Review, First Sea Lord General Sir Gwyn Jenkins has issued the following statement to the Naval Service: "The world has changed. The threat we now face is more ...

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 ...

Air Engineering Technician Aaron North of 825 Naval Air Squadron looks up to his colleagues in their Wildcat hovering overhead. The Navy’s perennially accident-prone dummy – Fred if it’s male, Ruth is ...

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 10 June to 31 ...

Twenty would-be naval officers will trek along Hadrian’s Wall in memory of Falkland heroes. More used to outdoor activities on nearby Dartmoor, the Officer Cadets from Britannia Royal Naval College in ...

The captain of Britain’s most famous warship has been named the first winner of a Royal British Legion award dedicated to a former naval leader. Lieutenant Commander Steve Cass, who recently took ...

Royal Navy flagship HMS Prince of Wales starts the next stage of her global mission after safe passage into the Indian Ocean flanked by escort warships and auxiliaries. Accompanied by her task force ...

This joint amphibious warfare training – codenamed Exercise Catamaran– is currently taking place for the first time in seven years. The exercise is in two phases, in Devon and in the Bay of Biscay, ...

A small drone acted as the ‘flying eyes’ for a Royal Navy helicopter in a first on operations. Crew of a Merlin helicopter turned off their radar – and instead relied on a drone and its controllers to ...

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 ...

G’day, Spey. One of the Royal Navy’s two warships permanently on patrol in the Indo-Pacific, HMS Spey, joined forces with the Royal Australian Navy for a mid-ocean link-up. Spey – based in Portsmouth ...

An underwater robot could soon be saving lives at sea for the Royal Navy and prevent adversaries from sabotaging undersea cables and pipelines. A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has been adapted by ...