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 ...

During his time as First Sea Lord, General Gwyn will be in command of more than 30,000 personnel, more than 50 warships, nuclear submarines and support vessels, the helicopters and jets of the Fleet ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Next up was naval historian Angus Konstam who focused on WW2 convoy HG76 in December 1941. The Gibraltar-bound convoy saw the first use of an escort aircraft carrier (HMS Audacity) in convoy tactics ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Ministry of Defence (MOD) vessels, usually MOD Police vessels, may operate in excess of the speed limit in the Dockyard Port of ...