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A Royal Navy warship has tracked the movements of two Russian submarines as they sailed into the North Sea. British submarine hunter HMS Portland was on watch as cruise missile submarine Severodvinsk ...

Royal Marines have completed preparations for operations across the Mediterranean this autumn after intensive amphibious exercises in the Netherlands. After three months of intensive work-up in the UK ...

The Royal Navy is moving a step closer to operating crewless helicopters. The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £60 million contract to Leonardo to design and develop a cutting-edge uncrewed helicopte ...

The First Sea Lord today urged nations not to ignore China as they focus on the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a wide-ranging 25-minute keynote address to the Council on Geostrategy at Th ...

The speech by the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Ben Key, to the Council on Geostrategy at The Naval and Military Club in London on July 19 2022 Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It is a real pleasure ...

Aiming to build on their impressive haul of drugs seized in 2022 are the crew of HMS Montrose as the frigate re-joins the fight against illegal narcotics. The warship – based in Bahrain for more than ...

A Royal Navy helicopter crew has spoken of how they swiftly rescued a lone yachtsman from a capsized trimaran off the coast of Cornwall. The crew from 814 Naval Air Squadron – The Flying Tigers – were ...

The second of two new advanced £5m patrol ships charged with guarding the waters around Gibraltar has been formally commissioned into Royal Navy fleet. A ceremony took place in Gibraltar Naval Base to ...

Five pilots and two aircrewmen are ready to fly Royal Marines into harm’s way if required after earning their wings to fly with the Commando Helicopter Force. The seven trainees on the Commando 1 cour ...

Being prepared for renewed front-line duties after a spot of TLC is Her Majesty’s Ship Kent, currently in the hands of the Royal Navy’s ultimate assessors. The Portsmouth-based frigate is gearing up f ...