New flagship: HMS Prince of Wales to take over from her sister HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Prince of Wales will become the flagship for the first time in her five-year Royal Navy career as the two ships rotate roles.
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Navy Football, boxing and athletics win big at the 2024 Royal Navy Sports Awards
The Royal Navy have celebrated their biggest sporting achievements in a ceremony inside the Long Room of Lord's Cricket Ground.
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Navy Steel cut as work begins on the Royal Navy's latest Type 26 frigate HMS Sheffield
The first steel has been cut for the UK's newest warship HMS Sheffield which will be one of eight Type 26 frigates.
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Navy From carriers to commandos: Incredible photos featured in Royal Navy competition
All the pictures featured in the competition come from service personnel who operate behind the lens, capturing moments around the globe.
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Rugby Union Royal Navy beat British Army in Aldershot to win under-23s rugby union Inter Services
A stunning night for the Navy saw them run out 19-6 winners in the final match of the tournament.
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Navy Only Type 45 based in Thames could defend London from ballistic missile, warns MP
The Government says assessing Britain's air defence capabilities will be a crucial part of the upcoming Strategic Defence Review.
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Sea vessels UK's first autonomous extra-large submarine Herne tipped for use by armed forces
Herne has the power to think through situations by itself, so can go around obstacles and decide how to best avoid detection.
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Navy RFA Lyme Bay arrives in Gibraltar after more than a year away on mammoth deployment
The UK's Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship earlier this month played the 'bad guy' in one of West Africa's biggest naval exercises.
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Navy Merlin Commando Helicopter Force pilots and aircrew awarded their wings
846 Naval Air Squadron held a Wings Parade for the naval aviators, with the day marking the culmination of an extremely demanding course.
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Navy Sitrep: Government making sensible cuts as Defence needs to do fewer things, but better
Helicopters, drones and ships are being cut back or axed altogether, but Prof Michael Clarke argues the decision is largely the right one.
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Royal Marines Former Royal Marines chief warns of capability gap after axing of HMS Albion and Bulwark
Maj Gen Buster Howes says he believes there will be 'a sense of confusion' among the Royal Marines following the announcement.
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Navy Herne: New 5,000km-range extra large sub set to dominate underwater naval operations
Driving development of these underwater unmanned leviathans is the need for dominance of the underwater battle space.
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Navy US Marines successfully use new amphibious combat vehicle to carry troops from ships
The US Navy and Marine Corps have deployed their new amphibious combat vehicles during Quarterly Underway Amphibious Readiness Training.
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Opinion Albion and Bulwark will leave a painful capability gap but it's not death knell for Royal Marines
The defence cuts were necessary and overdue and evidence of policy catching up with reality, writes retired Navy Commodore Steve Prest.
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Navy HMS Iron Duke joins Nato group in Baltic after Latvian independence day celebrations
British warships support Nato by securing trade routes, protecting communication lines, and ensuring transatlantic supply chains remain open ...
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Technology Hypersonic tech capabilities of the future accelerated under new Aukus arrangement
Hypersonic capabilities can include long-range strike missiles capable of travelling faster than the speed of sound.