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Crew of one of Britain’s most powerful military machines gathered in the cavernous dry dock housing her to mark the next stage in the £560m regeneration of HMS Victorious. The 16,000-tonne submarine – ...
One of the UK’s most advanced warships has obliterated a supersonic missile in a historic first for the Royal Navy in a test off the coast of Scotland. In a burst of fire and smoke, Type 45 destroyer ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
The UK’s premier naval deployment of 2025 is underway as ships departed ports in England and Norway, led by the nation’s flagship. Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales was waved off by thousands of ...
Frigate HMS Richmond will be able to share more vital combat data even faster with other ships in the UK’s premier naval deployment of the year thanks to a tech upgrade. The Plymouth-based Type 23 is ...
For the first time a fleet of drones will fly crucial supplies between ships of the UK Carrier Strike Group when it deploys to the Indo-Pacific later this month. Alongside its F35B stealth jets and ...
Royal Navy attack helicopters have been proving their prowess in taking down a range of threats as they prepare to deploy to the Indo-Pacific. The Wildcat helicopters from Yeovilton-based 815 Naval ...
One of the Royal Navy’s most advanced warships shot down swarms of drones in a live-fire exercise off the Welsh coast. Taking on the kind of threats currently seen in the Red Sea and other regions, ...
Eighteen years after committing to renewing the UK’s nuclear deterrent, the keel was laid on HMS Dreadnought as the nation’s ultimate weapon reached a milestone. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer ...