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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USA USS Gerald R Ford: World's biggest warship travels through Strait of Gibraltar
The world's most advanced carrier has been in the Eastern Mediterranean on an eight-month deployment.
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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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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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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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Ukraine Two ex-Royal Navy minehunters destined for Ukraine denied access by Turkey
The government in Ankara claims allowing the vessels passage through its waters would put Turkey in breach of an international agreement.
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Middle East US naval task groups sail in formation in Mediterranean amid tension in Red Sea region
Houthi rebels have been causing chaos to international trade routes, with the United States and United Kingdom promising direct action.
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Middle East RFA ship Lyme Bay delivers first-of-its-kind UK shipment of life-saving aid for Gaza
Eighty-seven tonnes of aid for the people of Gaza was delivered by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship in the first maritime delivery by the UK.
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Ukraine MOD says Russian warship was completely destroyed in strike, despite Moscow's denials
The UK says the Russian landing ship Novocherkassk had probably been carrying an explosive cargo and suffered a massive secondary blast.
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Navy Father and son called Hunter serving together on same hunter-killer submarine
Seventeen-year-old Engineering Technician George Hunter has followed in the footsteps of his father Graham, being deployed on the same sub.
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Navy Santa hats, cake and the Atlantic Ocean: How Christmas was celebrated by HMS Oardacious
The Royal Navy's ocean rowing team enjoyed cake, phone calls and Christmas hats in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.