A snapshot of life on board a wartime destroyer unearthed on HMS Chiddingfold
Crew seeks to uncover the history behind the items found from the ship's Second World War predecessor.
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China How China's pursuit of the top military tech is changing the global power balance
Find out why Beijing is so determined to have the world’s best armed forces and how it plans on achieving this ambition.
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Navy Royal Navy prepares to honour the fallen at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday
HMS Excellent resounded to the sound of boots and music as sailors and Royal Marines prepared for their role on 10 November.
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Aircraft Landmark landing: British F-35 pilot touches down on Japanese warship for first time
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Nick Baker sets his Lightning II down on the Izumo-class destroyer JS Kaga in the eastern Pacific.
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Sea vessels HMS Lancaster goes back to her anti-submarine roots with Sting Ray launch
A video of the Type 23 Duke-class general purpose frigate launching a Sting Ray torpedo proves she still has a formidable ASW capability.
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Sea vessels Performance boost as device gives HMS Queen Elizabeth's propellers a clean sweep
A combined polisher and scraper vacuum has been developed that has removed 11kg of marine life from the warship.
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Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves Portsmouth naval base after super-fast turnaround
BFBS Forces News YouTube live-streamed the carrier's departure as she set sail for routine training before her expected return in December.
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Naval History The Cornish pub with timbers from Spanish Armada and Napoleonic era warships
Centuries-old beams inside the Jolly Sailor Inn in Looe tell a tail of Britain's naval past.
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Navy Wildcat pilot hails successful trial as Martlet missile shoots down target drone
The Banshee drone was downed during a pioneering test of a missile that has been adapted for use against ground or surface targets.
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Opinion The RFA: The civilian support fleet without which the Royal Navy would be sunk
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a vital link in the chain of maritime defence, but that chain looks set to broken, warns PinstripedLine.
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Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth returns to Portsmouth after training with RAF and HMS St Albans
The Royal Navy's flagship trained with Chinook helicopters and the crew of HMS St Albans.
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Navy HMS Scimitar finds new purpose bringing healthcare to East Africa's Lake Victoria
HMS Scimitar patrolled waters around Gibraltar for years but will now provide crucial healthcare to around 50,000 people a year in East ...
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Navy Satisfaction with Navy's officer cadet programme at lowest level in six years, survey finds
The survey across all three services asked the cadets about a range of experiences during their training.
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Navy Simon Parkes: Case of sailor who went missing in Gibraltar unsolved after 38 years
The radio operator had been serving on the Portsmouth-based aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious when he disappeared while on shore leave.
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Feature How the sinking of a Second World War ship led to one of the UK's last witch trials
Medium Helen Duncan claimed to have spoken with the ghost of a sailor who died when HMS Barham sank in 1941, upsetting the Admiralty.
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Navy HMS Sutherland nears completion of refit after overhaul lasting nearly four years
The Fighting Clan moves to the sea wall as she prepares to make a return to operations.