Vintage meets modern: Swordfish and Seafire conduct flypast over HMS Queen Elizabeth
The warbirds flown by naval aviation charity Navy Wings share an historic bond with the aircraft carrier's fifth-gen F-35 Lightnings
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Navy Goodbye HMS Northumberland as decommissioned warship makes final departure
The Type 23 frigate has said farewell to Portsmouth for the final time after being deemed uneconomical to repair
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Navy A phenomenal mission: Royal Navy warships celebrate five-year milestone in Indo-Pacific
The anniversary comes as HMS Tamar joined a major US Navy humanitarian deployment called Pacific Partnership in Malaysia
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Navy It's back to work for HMS Dauntless as she braves the grim weather and sets sail
The Type 45 destroyer left Portsmouth Harbour to continue her post-maintenance routines amid gale-force winds and torrential rain
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Navy There's momentum behind the build, RFA's head says, as keel laid on RFA Resurgent
The RFA's boss, Commodore Sam Shattock, also announced the names of her sister ships, RFA Reliant and RFA Resourceful, during the ceremony
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Germany German navy fires Israeli ballistic missiles from frigate in landmark North Atlantic trial
Germany is looking to acquire a new long-range naval strike capability after successfully firing Lora missiles from one of its frigates
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Navy After 286 days at sea, USS Abraham Lincoln on first port break of nine-month deployment
Around 5,000 sailors and marines have arrived in Thailand after a deployment that took the US aircraft carrier from the South China Sea to ...
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Navy HMS Magpie: The small boat capable of creating the big picture below the water
Her main role is to build highly accurate bathymetric (water) data to support military operations in inshore waters
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Navy A picture beneath the water: HMS Magpie surveys the Thames to protect crucial port
The vessel gathered data to create a detailed picture of the riverbed and any changes to it around the London Gateway port
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Navy Patrol ship HMS Trent sends heavy-lift drone into Caribbean skies in a River-class first
The Malloy T-150B could carry food, water and medical supplies ashore after hurricanes and other natural disasters
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Navy HMS Duncan slips moorings under cover of darkness for second phase of Op Firecrest
The Type 45 destroyer is headed for northern European waters, and the second phase of the Carrier Strike Group's deployment
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Tri-Service Numbering off: Find out how many jets, tanks and subs the Armed Forces have in stock
It's a case of Ajax in, Landing Platform Docks/Helicopters out as the MOD tots up its hardware inventory for 2026
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USA Prince vs President: How does US's newest carrier stack up against Royal Navy's flagship
The USS John F Kennedy is edging closer to its planned delivery in 2027 after completing acceptance trials at sea
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USA 'We shouldn't be doing enemy's job', former commodore warns over US carrier's 250 days at sea
Speaking to BFBS Forces News, Commodore (Ret'd) Steve Prest said the issue lies in prioritising stores needed to sustain the operation
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Naval History Wreck of Royal Navy destroyer sliced in two during night exercise found after 118 years
HMS Tiger sank off the Isle of Wight after being struck by the much larger cruiser HMS Berwick in 1908, with more than half of her 57-strong ...
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Naval History Ghostly Nazi Germany fleet emerges from the Danube due to Europe's scorching heatwave
Months of heatwaves and drought have left the River Danube at critically low levels across Europe