Following the sinking of hms Hood in May 1941, the Royal Navy launched one of the largest naval hunts in history. The German ...

In the past two years there has been a 30 per cent surge in Russian ships approaching British waters - sparking a strong ...

The City-class Type 26 ships will see advanced and reliable communications systems installed on them. With plans in place to ...

Battleships are generally best known by their guns, and for good reason. A ship carrying eight sixteen-inch guns may have the same weight of broadside as one carrying twelve fourteen-inch guns, but ...

He argues the UK has "neglected" its post-World War Two responsibility to be the guardian of the western Atlantic, and now ...

Many Royal Navy ships throughout history have been named after figures and creatures from ancient Greek mythology. The current vessel is the sixth to bear the name “Agamemnon.” “The commissioning of ...

The Royal Navy’s two Queen Elizabeth-class carriers were meant to restore British power projection but have been plagued by breakdowns, flooding, shaft failures, and poor availability. -Chronic ...

Britain plans to equip Type 45 destroyers with DragonFire laser weapons by 2027, marking a first for Europe in shipborne ...

The Royal Navy is becoming more lethal as September brings new developments in the deployment of two of its vital anti-ship missiles. The Sea Venom light anti-ship missile, carried by the Wildcat HMA2 ...