North Shields is marking its 800th anniversary this year. Founded in 1225 when a group of huts called ‘shiels’ were ...

The move of the HMS Iron Duke to Plymouth now means that all of the UK's frigates are based in Devonport. Thats according to ...

A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.

The KS-1 was selected in 2023 as part of a wider move to replace the existing SA80A-series rifles currently in UK military ...

Royal Navy tug boat crews are being balloted for strike action amid claims they are being locked out of contract discussions. The crews, at Devonport, Portsmouth, Faslane, Greenock and Kyle of ...

THE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in the Royal Navy: “Engage the enemy more closely”. But has the Nelsonian spirit ...

Type 23 frigates – the Duke Class – have been the workhorse of the Royal Navy since their introduction in the late 1980s. READ MORE: Controversial 'new town' on edge of Plymouth gets go ahead ...

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RAF maritime patrol aircraft were deployed, as were two Royal Navy warships and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s Proteus to follow it. “Today, I also wanted to confirm to the House that I ...

Unite says locking Royal Navy tug crews out of contract discussions raises concerns over safety. HMS Sutherland has returned to sea after a four-year long refit at Devonport Dockyard. A bomb ...

The Royal Navy's £2.5 billion plan for five new warships set to make the UK "the foremost naval power in Europe" is in its concept phase, the Ministry of Defence has confrimed. Five frigates are ...

The Royal Navy has announced it is changing the name of a new submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, in a move branded "woke nonsense" by former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. It follows ...