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Royal Navy personnel honour those who made ultimate sacrifice
10 November 2025
Personnel throughout the UK and deployed overseas honoured their forebears during the annual Remembrance weekend.
From the Arctic to the Falklands, deployed units held memorial services or took part in acts of remembrance.
At the Cenotaph in London, more than 100 men and women from the Royal Navy took part in the national service of Remembrance.
Led by Warrant Officer 1 Glynn Moffat, personnel – comprising Royal Navy, Royal Marines, QARNNS, RFA and musicians from the Royal Marines Band Service - were on duty at Whitehall on Remembrance Sunday and a smaller group were on parade at the Royal Albert Hall for the Festival of Remembrance the previous evening.
At Scapa Flow, HMS Cattistock and Tyne paused briefly from operations to anchor together. Each ship held its own service close to the wreck site of HMS Royal Oak, sunk by a German U-boat in 1939 with the loss of 834 men.
Once the home of the British Fleet during both world wars, Scapa Flow remains a location of historic significance and strategic importance.
“Holding a joint Remembrance Service with HMS Cattistock was a huge honour,” said HMS Tyne’s Commanding Officer, Lt Cdr Samuel Fields. “You really feel the weight of Naval history here, under darkened skies, with wind and rain sweeping across the harbour.
“It was a solemn privilege to pause to remember the sailors of HMS Royal Oak and all those who have fallen in the Service of the nation.”
The previous weekend saw Royal Navy Submariners travel to London for their annual Submariner Remembrance Service.
Tomorrow, Armistice Day, will see acts of remembrance at all Royal Navy and Royal Marines establishments, at home and abroad.