Fact Check: What Is The Status Of Royal Navy's Surface Fleet?
The Surface Fleet provides the maritime backbone of the Royal Navy – but how many of the ships are currently ready and available?
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Sea vessels What are full ship shock trials?
A look at why navies conduct these tests and what they achieve.
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Feature The rebellious reason British submarines fly the Jolly Roger after missions
The tradition followed comments that submariners should be hanged as pirates
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Navy Watch: HMS Queen Elizabeth And Carrier Strike Group Arrive In Guam
The Carrier Strike Group is taking the opportunity to reset in the country before the next phase of the deployment in the Western Pacific.
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Sea vessels Final Farewell: Navy's HMS Blyth And HMS Ramsey Decommissioned In Formal Ceremony
A formal ceremony was held at Rosyth in Scotland celebrating the two long-serving Sandown Mine Countermeasure Vessels.
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Navy Navy: Tanker Safe After 'Potential Hijack' In Gulf Of Oman
Hijackers who seized a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman have left the ship, according to the Royal Navy.
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Royal Marines F-35s, B-52s and howitzers: Royal Marines take on Australia's biggest military exercise
Exercise Talisman Sabre saw the Royal Marines fight on the ground alongside American, Australian and Japanese personnel and hardware.
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Sea vessels Carrier Strike Group In Pacific Ocean For First Time
The fleet, spearheaded by HMS Queen Elizabeth, has travelled through the Luzon Strait into the Phillippine Sea.
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Middle East Iran Denies Involvement In Tanker Attack Which Killed Briton
A drone strike is being blamed for an attack that killed two on board an oil tanker off Oman's coast.
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Sea vessels Carrier Strike Group: Awesome Views Of Double Replenishment - As F-35s Fly!
HMS Queen Elizabeth, RFA Tidespring and Dutch naval ship HNLMS Evertsen were involved in the double replenishment at sea.
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Football Tunney Cup: Royal Marines Football Tournament Is Back
The competition was cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic – one of the very few times it has not taken place since 1928.
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China Icy Warnings From Beijing As Carrier Strike Group Arrives In Disputed South China Sea
China says it is ready to deal with 'improper acts' as the fleet patrols the international waters.
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Sea vessels Revealed: How Many Navy Vessels Are Unavailable
The Government has admitted that numerous Royal Navy ships are unavailable, due to maintenance being carried out.
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World HMS Queen Elizabeth Enters Disputed Waters Of South China Sea On CSG21
The British aircraft carrier and its strike group have entered the disputed waters for the next phase of their journey.
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China US Defense Secretary Talks Up UK-Led Carrier Strike Group And Criticises China
Lloyd Austin mentioned the work of the HMS Queen Elizabeth-led group as it travels through the South China Sea.
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Navy Royal Navy Officers To Avoid 'Grilling' From Ship's Captain In Training Revamp
Practical training for Royal Navy officers is getting a major revamp after 'falling behind the industry standard for equivalent training'.