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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 with Welsh city Wrexham.

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

Royal Navy ship joins international effort to build pier for aid delivery into Gaza

Royal Navy support ship RFA Cardigan Bay is sailing from Cyprus to provide support to an...

26 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Auxiliary Fleet

Storyline: RFA Cardigan Bay

HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi missile

HMS Diamond shot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen.

25 April 2024

Storyline: HMS Diamond

Royal Navy's newest submarine officially named in Barrow

The sixth of the Royal Navy’s leading-edge Astute-class hunter-killer submarines has...

23 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSubmarine Service

Storyline: Agememnon

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Phalanx gun system receives £18m revamp to protect Royal Navy ships

02 November 2023

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: Navy News

UK Carrier Strike Group shows strength in combat mission training

05 October 2023

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Queen Elizabeth

Royal Navy plays central role in autonomous war games

28 September 2023

Topic:Equipment and TechTechnology

Storyline: Technology

'Eyes of the Fleet' join HMS Queen Elizabeth for autumn deployment

14 September 2023

Topic:Fighting armsFleet Air Arm

Storyline: The Fighting Arms

Royal Navy minehunters Chiddingfold and Bangor train with Qatari Navy

07 September 2023

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Chiddingfold

The King and Princess of Wales take on new Naval appointments

11 August 2023

Topic:PeopleRoyal Family

Storyline: Royal Family

Royal Navy chef welcomes opportunity to cook in variety of roles

04 August 2023

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: People

Wildcat squadron pushes missile system to its limits

28 July 2023

Topic:Fighting armsFleet Air Arm

Storyline: 815 NAS

Royal Navy train Ukrainian counterparts in Scotland

21 July 2023

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: Delta & Echo Squadron

Tideforce replenish-at-sea trials with commercial tanker

03 July 2023

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Auxiliary Fleet

Storyline: RFA Tideforce

HMS Victorious arrives in Plymouth for major refit in boost to 1,000 local jobs

26 June 2023

Topic:Fighting armsSubmarine Service

Storyline: HMS Victorious

Royal Navy helicopter squadron strengthens relationship with counterparts in Portugal

08 June 2023

Topic:Fighting armsFleet Air Arm

Storyline: 846 NAS

Royal Navy board and search training in multi-nation exercise

07 June 2023

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Marines

Storyline: 42 Commando

Royal Navy lands double drugs bust in the Indian Ocean

06 June 2023

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Lancaster

Navy loses a ‘true friend’ with sudden death of former Chaplain of the Fleet

05 May 2023

Topic:Fighting arms

Storyline: Navy News

UK and US to work more closely on littoral operations

05 April 2023

Topic:Operational activityInternational partnership

Storyline: Equipment

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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

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

Royal Navy ship joins international effort to build pier for aid delivery into Gaza

Royal Navy support ship RFA Cardigan Bay is sailing from Cyprus to provide support to an...

26 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Auxiliary Fleet

Storyline: RFA Cardigan Bay

Royal Navy attack helicopters hunt foes in Norwegian fjord exercise

The Royal Navy’s Wildcat maritime attack helicopters have demonstrated their ability to...

26 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsFleet Air Arm

Storyline: 815 NAS

Operational activity

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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

‘Unprecedented’ rise in SOS calls from seafarers in Red Sea crisis

A Royal Navy-led ‘999 emergency centre’ has dealt with an ‘unprecedented’ rise in...

22 March 2024

Topic:Operational activityProtecting the Economy

Storyline: Red sea and Gulf

Training with Kiwis bears fruit for HMS Tamar

Patrol ship HMS Tamar geared up for an intensive period safeguarding vital fishing...

15 March 2024

Topic:Operational activityInternational partnership

Storyline: HMS Tamar

Equipment and Tech

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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

Autonomous minehunting test team mark one year in the Gulf

The team responsible for introducing autonomous minehunting into front-line operations...

13 March 2024

Topic:Equipment and TechEquipment

Storyline: Technology and Equipment

People

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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

Personnel prepare for Anzac Commemorations

Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal Navy marine...

23 April 2024

Topic:PeopleRemembrance

Storyline: Remembrance

Former reservist takes one step closer to becoming astronaut after graduating space training

Former Royal Navy Reservist Rosemary Coogan is one step closer to space after graduating...

22 April 2024

Topic:PeopleReserves

Storyline: Royal Naval Reserve

Possessing the Wright stuff Officer David leaves the Navy after 47 magnificent years

The Navy is bidding farewell to one of its longest-serving stalwarts: David Wright whose...

19 April 2024

Topic:People

Storyline: People

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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

Lovely shrubbery – Culdrose tree planting drive proves poplar

Around 6,500 new trees have been planted at Culdrose as part of a major sustainability...

17 April 2024

Topic:CommunityLocal Initiatives

Storyline: RNAS Culdrose

Submariner Lars lines up Himalayan challenge for charity

Not content with scaling Europe’s iconic mountain, submariner Lars Atkins will attempt...

17 April 2024

Topic:CommunityFundraising

Storyline: Fundraising

Memorial to St Nazaire raiders erected in commando unit’s birthplace

Men who took part in the greatest commando raid will be honoured in the place it all...

26 March 2024

Topic:Community

Storyline: Community

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