Action Stations: What pictures of HMS Diamond repelling latest Houthi attack show us
The Royal Navy Type 45 vessel proves her worth - yet again - as one of the most advanced air defence destroyers in the world.
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Navy MPs demand answers on HMS Albion and Bulwark as Shapps plans 'enhanced' Royal Marines
The Defence Select Committee will hold an evidence session following reports the Defence Secretary is considering axing two ships.
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Navy HMS Diamond: Capabilities of the Type 45 destroyer thwarting Red Sea attacks
The Royal Navy vessel is a versatile and capable platform and one of the most advanced warships in the world.
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Navy HMS Diamond and US warships repel largest Houthi attack to date in Red Sea
HMS Diamond destroyed seven one-way attack drones heading for her and commercial shipping in the area.
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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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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.