Latest Navy News
Feature Articles And Event Reports
Full News List
HMS Dragon En Route To Eastern Mediterranean
Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon has departed Portsmouth and is sailing towards the eastern Mediterranean having been primed for air defence duties. As per an RN press statement
Read More
MHI Delivers New Taigei-Class Submarine To Japan
The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) has just taken delivery of Chōgei, its fifth Taigei-class submarine. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries handed over the 3,000-ton diesel-electric attack submarine to the JMSDF in
Read More
Belgian rMCM Ship Gets Uncrewed Systems ‘Toolbox’
The joint Belgian-Dutch rMCM programme has taken another leap forward with the delivery of the first full set of uncrewed systems to equip the Belgian Navy’s BNS Oostende. The new
Read More
Dutch And Italian Frigates Head For Med As France Ponders Hormuz Mission
Frigates from Italy and the Netherlands are now headed for the eastern Mediterranean and France is considering escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz. President Emmanuel Macron yesterday (Monday)
Read More
NATO’s Arctic Skills In Spotlight As Cold Response 26 Begins
Assets from 14 NATO allies have come together for Exercise Cold Response 26 (CORE26), ten days of joint manoeuvres in the High North. The 11 days of drills started yesterday
Read More
Royal Navy Wildcats Arrive In Cyprus To Boost Air Defences
Two Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters are now in Cyprus to help fend off Iranian drones and missiles, and more air defences are on the way. As well as the two
Read More
First New Angolan Navy Corvette Launched
NRA Ekuikui II, the first of three new corvettes destined for the Angolan Navy, has been launched at CMN’s shipyard in Cherbourg, Normandy. The French shipyard is constructing two of
Read More
Royal Navy OPV Shadows Russian Ships Through Channel
Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel (OPV) HMS Tyne was tasked with shadowing Russian warships through the English Channel twice in three days. The River-class vessel and Wildcat helicopters from 815
Read More
New US Guided Missile Destroyer Leaves Construction Yard
The U.S. Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. has departed the yard where she was built ahead of her imminent commissioning. The guided missile destroyer will
Read More
ZeroUSV and Teledyne Demonstrate Autonomous Surveillance Capabilities To Royal Navy
Two firms have combined uncrewed assets to demonstrate an autonomous surveillance solution to the Royal Navy as the force gears up to deliver its Atlantic Bastion programme. U.K.-based maritime technology
Read More