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 ...

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 ...

The 40-mile walk, which was held for the 48 th year in the Lake District, saw submariners from HMS Agamemnon, Achilles and Dreadnought, beat their shipbuilding rivals by more than one hour.. The ...

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’s experts in bringing cutting-edge innovation to the front line have formed a new team to ensure the latest technological advances are available for operations. The new Disruptive ...

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 ...

HMS St Albans was activated to monitor RFN Admiral Golovoko as the frigate sailed east through the English Channel. The Plymouth-based Type 23 frigate closely monitored and launched a Merlin ...

The most powerful deployment of UK airpower at sea this century is now embarked aboard HMS Prince of Wales and her carrier group after two days of intense activity at air bases across southern England ...

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 ...