
Royal Navy Leads Major Gulf Minehunting Workout
A Royal Navy diving team deployed on the exercise, using autonomous underwater vehicles and clearance divers to find and dispose of mines.
A Royal Navy diving team deployed on the exercise, using autonomous underwater vehicles and clearance divers to find and dispose of mines.
The Navy looked to HMS Collingwood to provide basic training after a rise in demand to join the service.
Personnel have been exploring how jet packs can propel someone through the air to land on a vessel.
After a two-year hiatus due to coronavirus, the showpiece military fixtures are expected to return next year.
The paint scheme was first introduced by the Royal Navy in the First World War and will be applied to the whole Batch 2 River-class fleet.
Ranks are the backbone of how the service is structured and define an individual's degree of responsibility.
Once the exercise is completed, both HMS Defender and Diamond will join HMS Queen Elizabeth as part of the Carrier Strike Group.
The £3.2bn aircraft carrier will lead the UK Carrier Strike Group on the Royal Navy's largest deployment in more than a decade.
The Strike Group, which deploys this month, will travel more than 26,000 nautical miles over 28 weeks.
The Carrier Strike Group will visit 40 countries over 28 weeks during the deployment and will sail through the disputed South China Sea.
The front and rear blocks have been joined to show off the full size of the ship, for the first time.
The ship has departed Portsmouth Naval Base for sea trials.
Activists attached and locked themselves to plant pots outside the north gate of HM Naval Base Clyde in Scotland.
It is the second time Lieutenant General Rob Magowan has held the position, the only person ever to be in the job twice.
The 'dazzle' camouflage paint scheme became a popular tactic for vessels to deceive an enemy in the First and Second World Wars.
It is already forbidden to smoke tobacco products on board Royal Navy platforms.