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.
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Ukraine No stalemate: Shapps welcomes news that Ukraine hit Russian ship in strike on Black Sea port
The Defence Secretary says the successful Ukrainian strike is proof that the war with Russia has not reached a stalemate, as some claim.
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Navy Pork scratchings and poetry: HMS Oardacious crew resort to creative tactics as progress slows
HMS Oardacious, the Royal Navy's Official Ocean Rowing team, are currently taking part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
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Navy HMS Trent sent to Guyana as tensions rise with Venezuela
The South American nation is in a dispute with Venezuela over a mineral-rich border region.
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Navy HMS Scott's crew clean Commonwealth war graves in Madeira
Funchal British Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials from the First World War and three from the Second World War.
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Navy HMS Duncan becomes last Royal Navy warship to return home in time for Christmas
The Type 45 destroyer is back in Portsmouth after leading a Nato task group in the Mediterranean.
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Navy HMS Oardacious on course to break record on World's Toughest Row using new method
The Royal Navy ocean rowing team are currently out in front of the race and have covered 743 nautical miles of their crossing to Antigua.
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Weapons and Kit Sea Viper: The weapon that destroyed the Navy's first aerial target since the Gulf War
The Sea Viper was recently used to destroy an attack drone in the Red Sea, being directed to its target by the powerful Sampson radar.