One of the most powerful maritime forces in the UK’s arsenal joined forces with a US counterpart to demonstrate allied resolve, unity and cooperation in the North Sea. While at sea for Exercise Strike ...

Engineering experts believed they have improved the safety of naval airpower – and cut repair times for front-line helicopters. The team at 1710 Naval Air Squadron, located in Portsmouth Naval Base, ...

THE Royal Navy has boosted its ability to work seamlessly with allies in the control and use of autonomous and uncrewed systems with a series of trials in Australia. Under the AUKUS defence ...

The exceptional work – and workload – of sailor Charlotte Storey have seen her singled out for a possible title at the Women in Defence Awards. The petty officer with HMS Lancaster’s starboard crew ...

Naval officer Commander Robert Jaffier joined fellow Brits of West Indian heritage at a ceremony in Belgium honouring Great War forebears. More than 15,000 West Indians served in the Army in the Great ...

Commando fliers have completed one of the longest deployments in the force’ history – more than 12 months supporting operations and exercises from Cyprus to the Outback. The team from 845 Naval Air ...

Royal Navy sailors helped to launch this year’s Royal British Legion’s (RBL) Poppy Appeal at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, delivering the first poppies by landing craft. For the first time since 2020, ...

Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Spey joined Commonwealth allies in a demonstration of resolve and unity in Southeast Asia. With her distinctive dazzle paintwork, the Portsmouth-based warship – one of two ...

A project worth almost £100-million has been agreed to kickstart the major rebuilding of Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose – home of the Royal Navy’s anti-submarine warfare helicopter fleet. This first ...

Cold War warriors were invited to look around veteran submarine HMS Swiftsure before breakers set to work on her. More than 40 veterans were invited to Rosyth for one last look at the retired ...

Commandos have guided F-35 stealth fighters on a live bombing run during a major exercise in the North Sea. Garvie Island – a rocky outcrop off Cape Wrath at the north-west tip of Scotland – was hit ...

A variety of sailing procedures and manoeuvres were practised by vessels tasked with protecting Gibraltar territorial waters. HMS Dagger and HMS Cutlass, of the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron, joined a ...