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Six new amphibious warships to be built for Royal Marines operations

The Royal Navy will have up to six new state-of-the-art amphibious ships to bring the punch of the Royal...

14 May 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: Royal Marines
Royal Marines test Sweden’s defences during Gothenburg exercise

Royal Marines have tested Sweden’s ability to defend a strategic archipelago at the...

10 May 2024

Topic:Operational activityInternational partnership

Storyline: 45 Commando

Royal Navy patrol ship seizes half a billion pounds of drugs in Caribbean operations

Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Trent stopped £204m of cocaine reaching Britain’s streets...

03 May 2024

HMS Dragon becomes first Royal Navy ship since the Second World War to be affiliated with Wrexham

For the first time since the Second World War a Royal Navy warship will be affiliated...

01 May 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Dragon

Veteran naval aircraft head to Falklands for new exhibition on 1982 conflict

Two iconic Royal Navy aircraft are making an 8,000-mile journey to become centrepieces...

30 April 2024

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Bahrain-based personnel find perfect formula for fundraising in charity cycle around Grand Prix track

05 January 2022

Topic:CommunityFundraising

Storyline: Fundraising

UK warship passes 1,000-day milestone keeping Middle East sea lanes open

05 January 2022

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Montrose

Navy’s Covid efforts recognised in New Year’s Honours

31 December 2021

Storyline: Success Stories

From battleship grey to green – newest ships embrace latest tech to help the environment

29 December 2021

Topic:Equipment and TechEnvironmental impact

Storyline: HMS Tamar

Carrier Strike Group submarine returns home

29 December 2021

Topic:Fighting armsSubmarine Service

Storyline: HMS Astute

Royal Navy supports international research into penguin population

28 December 2021

Topic:Operational activityInternational partnership

Storyline: HMS Protector

Royal Navy continues its global mission over festive period

24 December 2021

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: People

HMS Richmond sailors reflect on Carrier Strike deployment

23 December 2021

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Richmond

Royal Navy looks to drones to deliver lightweight supplies at sea

22 December 2021

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Auxiliary Fleet

Storyline: Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Marines musicians help boost vaccine effort in South West

21 December 2021

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Marines

Storyline: RMB CTC

Boxers take top honours at Royal Navy Sports Awards

20 December 2021

Engineers’ simple solution saves Navy £12m servicing Merlins

20 December 2021

Topic:Fighting armsFleet Air Arm

Storyline: RNAS Culdrose

First powered flight by the Wright Brothers: 17th December 1903

17 December 2021

Prince of Wales salutes new generation of naval leaders – 50 years after he completed training

16 December 2021

Topic:CommunityEvents

Storyline: BRNC Dartmouth

Classic WW2-era fighter joins Yeovilton’s growing historic collection

16 December 2021

HMS Portland is a fighting force to be reckoned with after completing 8-month regeneration

16 December 2021

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Gibraltar Squadron renews ties with Portuguese Navy through Algarve training

HMS Cutlass was invited to join the Portuguese Navy for two days of training off the...

14 May 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Six new amphibious warships to be built for Royal Marines operations

The Royal Navy will have up to six new state-of-the-art amphibious ships to bring the...

14 May 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: Royal Marines

Royal Navy joins NATO allies for submarine wargames

Royal Navy submarine hunters joined forces with allies in Norway to test their...

13 May 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Portland

Extending Hans across the ocean Royal and German Navies step up training ties

The Royal and German Navies are to step up their 66-year partnership preparing the...

02 May 2024

Topic:Fighting arms

Storyline: The Fighting Arms

Operational activity

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Royal Marines test Sweden’s defences during Gothenburg exercise

Royal Marines have tested Sweden’s ability to defend a strategic archipelago at the...

10 May 2024

Topic:Operational activityInternational partnership

Storyline: 45 Commando

Entente Cordiale delivers long-range logistics for HMS Tamar's Pacific mission

For the first time the Royal Navy made use of the supply chain supporting its French...

09 May 2024

Topic:Operational activity

Storyline: Pacific Ocean

Two Ukrainian Navy ships to be temporarily based in Portsmouth

Two former Royal Navy ships now serving with the Ukrainian Navy will be a frequent sight...

11 April 2024

Topic:Operational activityInternational partnership

Storyline: UK Home Waters

Battle-proven HMS Richmond returns home to Plymouth from Red Sea mission

Home from harm’s way are the 200 men and women of HMS Richmond who have completed a...

28 March 2024

Topic:Operational activitySecurity at Sea

Storyline: Red sea and Gulf

Equipment and Tech

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Royal Navy sails into the Metaverse with Virtual Reality training

The Royal Navy is embracing Virtual Reality to train sailors guiding warships on...

09 May 2024

Topic:Equipment and TechTechnology

Storyline: Technology

Sweet MEWSIC – experts give thumbs up to Navy’s new electronic warfare system

Expert operators and scientists have given the thumbs up to the Navy’s next-generation...

01 May 2024

Topic:Equipment and TechTechnology

Storyline: Surface Fleet

Dedicated wargaming facility to boost operations and lived experience

A dedicated wargaming facility used by the Royal Navy – and the wider UK Armed Forces –...

22 March 2024

Topic:Equipment and TechEquipment

Storyline: Equipment

First sailors complete ground-breaking trial to help curb injuries ruining military careers

The first recruits to take part in ground-breaking work to dramatically reduce injuries...

20 March 2024

Topic:Equipment and Tech

Storyline: CTCRM Lympstone

People

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Tributes to “inspirational” Admiral Sir Clive

Tributes have poured in from across the naval and defence ‘family’ for one of the...

15 May 2024

Topic:PeopleSenior leaders

Storyline: People

Reservists on the Rock as sailors gain vital skills to support global ops

Reservists hit the waters of the Rock making use of the RN’s Gibraltar Squadron to...

10 May 2024

Topic:PeopleReserves

Storyline: Training

Medals and mementos of HMS Hoods last captain go under the hammer

Almost 83 years to the day that he was lost along with more than 1,400 men he led, the...

02 May 2024

Topic:People

Storyline: People

Norwegians plan to honour tragic WW2 destroyer

Norwegians hope to erect a memorial to a Royal Navy warship sunk trying to prevent the...

29 April 2024

Topic:PeopleRemembrance

Storyline: Remembrance

Community

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Royal Navy’s role in D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations revealed

Three days in June will put Portsmouth and the Royal Navy at the heart of 80th...

16 May 2024

Topic:CommunityEvents

Storyline: Remembrance

Medical Assistants celebrate branch’s proud history with unique gathering at HMS Raleigh

Medical Assistants pre-date Queen Victoria ascending to the throne, the birth of Royal...

13 May 2024

Topic:CommunityEvents

Storyline: HMS Raleigh

Freedom of Poole for HMS Cattistock

Sailors and Royal Marines have paraded through the streets of Poole in Dorset, in...

10 May 2024

Topic:CommunityLocal Initiatives

Storyline: HMS Cattistock

Door of war restored: recently-found relic of historic WW2 naval raid unveiled in French museum

A relic from a legendary wartime commando raid discovered eight decades later now enjoys...

03 May 2024

Topic:Community

Storyline: Museums

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