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The UK’s premier naval deployment of 2025 is underway as ships departed ports in England and Norway, led by the nation’s flagship. Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales was waved off by thousands of ...

The Royal Navy has used its new mini-helicopter drone for the first time on drug-hunting operations in the Middle East. At just three metres (10ft) long, yet capable of sorties lasting up to five ...

The last of the Royal Navy’s glorious Trafalgar-class attack submarines has arrived home in Plymouth for the final time before decommissioning. The seventh and last boat of the class, HMS Triumph, ...

One of the Royal Navy’s most advanced warships shot down swarms of drones in a live-fire exercise off the Welsh coast. Taking on the kind of threats currently seen in the Red Sea and other regions, ...

Royal Marines from the UK Commando Force have been issued a new rifle for specialist operations, including counter-terrorism. More than 1,500 Sig Sauer MCX rifles have been purchased by the Navy, ...

The Royal Navy’s experts in finding and clearing underwater threats have taken charge of three new uncrewed vessels to help with mine hunting and survey operations. The Mine and Threat Exploitation ...

An unfinished letter to a loved one, a sentimental postcard, some yellowed newspaper clippings and an eclectic mix of photographs were rediscovered by sailors on minehunter HMS Chiddingfold on the eve ...

For the first time a fleet of drones will fly crucial supplies between ships of the UK Carrier Strike Group when it deploys to the Indo-Pacific later this month. Alongside its F35B stealth jets and ...

Two Royal Navy officers are playing a pivotal role in arming the UK’s F-35 Lightning jets with the nation’s latest air-to-air missile. Pilot Lieutenant Commander Nick Baker and engineer Lieutenant ...

We have lost one of the last links with brave men who sought to make post-war Europe safe with the passing of Boyd Salmon at the age of 100. Mr Salmon was one of the last surviving members of ...

Britain’s flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth will return home to Portsmouth tomorrow following four months of repairs in Scotland and a short intensive spell at sea to test her systems. The 65,000-tonne ...