The past met the future in Rosyth as the third of the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates begins to take shape. The keel of HMS Formidable has been laid in a ceremony merging naval tradition with modern ...

The UK has unveiled work on its ground-breaking Atlantic Bastion programme, which will make Britain more secure from Russian undersea threats in the North Atlantic through a transformation of the ...

Beginning work on the first of their new class of support ships allowed Royal Fleet Auxiliary sailors to dip into the service’s past. Personnel attending the steel cut for RFA Resurgent, the lead ship ...

The speech by the First Sea Lord, General Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE RM, to the International Sea Power Conference in London on December 08 2025 Thank you, Minister. This is not a normal conference.

The road to the Royal Navy taking charge of NATO’s premier naval force has begun with the battlestaff due to lead it being put through their paces. On July 1 next year the Royal Navy will assume ...

The Royal Navy has today unveiled its first uncrewed submarine – paving the way for how the UK could operate in the underwater battlespace. The 12m experimental vessel, displacing 19 tonnes and at two ...

More than £300m is being invested in the Royal Navy’s first ever laser weapon after it downed high-velocity drones in latest trials. The success of the latest firings has prompted Whitehall to sign a ...

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, ...

Royal Marines launched covert boarding missions in the eastern Baltic Sea as they sharpened specialist skills ahead of operating with NATO in an entirely new way. The Commandos are working towards ...

The Royal Navy has been undertaking ground-breaking trials to demonstrate the launch and recovery of uncrewed underwater vehicles from submarines. The torpedo tube launched vehicles will increase the ...

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 ...

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, ...