Britain’s powerful flagship HMS Prince of Wales has sailed from Portsmouth today to begin preparations for her next mission. The aircraft carrier will shortly embark Merlin and Wildcat helicopters, ...

The Royal Navy is stepping up its mine hunting capabilities with new cutting-edge uncrewed equipment being added to RFA Lyme Bay in the coming days. The high-tech equipment will be able to detect, ...

A Royal Navy warship and helicopter have completed a focused 48-hour operation monitoring Russian activity in UK waters as part of coordinated NATO efforts. Portsmouth-based HMS Mersey and a Wildcat ...

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon today departed the UK to head to the Eastern Mediterranean to bolster British defences in the region. The crew’s loved ones joined hundreds of well-wishers lining the ...

The Royal Navy’s Merlin helicopter force will be boosted by a £40m contract to provide sonobuoys. The deal between the Ministry of Defence and Ultra Maritime will significantly strengthen the UK’s ...

British aviation history has been made with the UK’s first truly autonomous full-size helicopter completing its maiden flight, operating from Predannack airfield in Cornwall. The helicopter has been ...

Enjoying the Mediterranean winter sun are personnel from 700 Naval Air Squadron, who took their Peregrine drone to the South of France for some joint training with our allies. The Base Aéronautique ...

A serving Navy Commando today set off on a record-breaking bid to run around the world on foot. Endurance athlete Fred Stokes is leading the Earthstrider bid as he set off from the iconic Commando ...

The Royal Navy tracked a Russian submarine through the English Channel in a coordinated three-day operation with NATO allies. This comes as the UK has seen a 30% increase in Russian vessels ...

HMS Lancaster arrived in Bahrain for the final time today – ending one of the busiest and longest careers of any major British warship. Flying her paying-off pennant – a ribbon-like White Ensign whose ...

The construction of the first of three Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ships that will form the logistical backbone for UK aircraft carrier operations has begun at North Devon shipyard Appledore. The ...

And getting there a day earlier than planned after nearly eight months away, well that’s the icing on the cake. The curtain came down on the Royal Navy’s premier deployment of 2025 over the weekend as ...