Defence Secretary: First Sea Lord asked to provide plan for future of Royal Marines
Grant Shapps says the 'Royal Marines are absolutely essential'.
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Navy 'No final decision' on mothballing assault ships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark
Reports suggest the amphibious assault ships could be retired due to recruitment issues.
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Royal Marines What makes HMS Albion and Bulwark special – and why Marines would miss them
The Albion-class vessels could potentially be mothballed - Forces News takes a look at what this could mean for the Royal Marines.
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Navy Minister acknowledges Royal Navy 'recruitment challenges'
Newspaper reports have suggested that HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark could be retired to free up sailors for other vessels.
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Navy Decision to send HMS Richmond to Middle East not an escalation in tension, Shapps says
The Defence Secretary says HMS Richmond will let the Navy swap out HMS Diamond or HMS Lancaster, which are already in the region.
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Sea vessels HMS Oardacious take time out in memory of rival who died during World's Toughest Row
The Royal Navy rowers pause their effort for 10 minutes to pay their respects to a member of rival team Aussie Old Salts who died last week.
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Royal Marines New bid for National Lottery fund to revive plans for £13m Royal Marines Museum
Museum execs are gearing up to submit a renewed lottery bid next month, aiming to develop a new state-of-the-art exhibit space.
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Navy What is the strength of the Royal Navy?
The Royal Navy has a lot on its plate in 2024, including tensions in the Red Sea and other deployments - here's a look at its strength.
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Navy Heading out for 2024, HMS Richmond sets sail
The Royal Navy's Type 23 frigate is embarking on her first operational deployment of the year.
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China State media shows off the Fujian – China's brand new cutting-edge aircraft carrier
The Fujian is the only vessel other than the US Navy's Gerald R Ford-class carriers to feature a next-generation electromagnetic catapult.
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Navy HMS Spey leaves Singapore and continues Indo-Pacific security patrol deployment
The offshore patrol vessel is deployed to carry out security patrols in the region, dealing with drug-running and other illegal activities.
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Veterans WW2 veteran sailor, 104, receives perfect birthday gift
George Pearson served as an aircraft maintainer/engineer in the war, including service aboard carrier HMS Illustrious.
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Sea vessels UK's largest warship HMS Prince of Wales welcomes new commanding officer
The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier's crew bid farewell to former CO Captain Hewitt OBE.
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Navy Deploy HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Red Sea now, ex-Navy commander says
Speaking to Forces News, Tom Sharpe, a former Royal Navy commander, asked: 'If not now, then when?'
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Sea vessels No plans to send additional assets to patrol Red Sea, UK Government says
In December, Britain joined a US-led international coalition to protect commercial shipping sailing through the region.
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Navy HMS Protector waves goodbye to Sir David Attenborough as she sets off for Antarctica
The Royal Navy's ice patrol ship leaves the Falkland Islands as she heads off for her latest deployment to Antarctica.