First steel cut on Royal Navy's second Type 31 frigate
HMS Active is named after the Type 21 frigate deployed during the Falklands War.
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Navy Royal Navy's new undersea surveillance ship arrives in Merseyside ahead of military modifications
The subsea protection ship is set to strengthen the UK's critical subsea infrastructure and will be operational in the summer.
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Navy £1.6bn Royal Fleet Auxillary contract gives Belfast a £100m shipbuilding boost
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed production of the Fleet Support Ships is set to start in 2025.
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Navy Watch: Dramatic moment HMS Queen Elizabeth threatens action against Russian jets in tense stand-off
BBC documentary The Warship: Tour of Duty shows HMS Queen Elizabeth on her maiden deployment, Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21).
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Arctic/Antarctic HMS Protector scans active underwater volcanoes on Antarctic edge for tsunami research
The Navy ice patrol ship has used her state-of-the-art sensors to scan peaks in the South Sandwich Islands.
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Navy HMS Tamar shifts focus of five-year patrol to Indian Ocean
The Royal Navy patrol ship is only the second vessel to visit Andaman and Nicobar in 30 years.
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Navy Royal Navy patrol ship rescues crew from sinking tug in Caribbean
Patrol ship HMS Medway responded to the tug's SOS message on Friday.
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Russia Russia deploys one of its most modern frigates equipped with Zircon hypersonic missiles
The Admiral of the Soviet Fleet Gorshkov is deploying across both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean.
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Navy Repairs to HMS Prince of Wales will continue until spring
The £3bn warship broke down off the Isle of Wight in August due to a malfunction in her starboard propeller.
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Sea vessels What are the numbers on the side of Royal Navy ships and why are they there?
A pennant number is a letter and four numbers, uniform across Nato, used as a visual identifier of a Navy ship.
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Navy Family and friends welcome home HMS Montrose as four-year mission ends
During her deployment, the ship has sailed more than 140,000 nautical miles (two-thirds of the distance to the moon).
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USA Development of hypersonic weapons discussed at first Aukus meeting
Aukus is a defence pact between the three countries to help identify a nuclear-powered submarine for the Australian Navy,
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Sea vessels Royal Marines take on pulsating boarding drills with Algerian forces in Mediterranean
The drills are part of a Mediterranean mission for RFA Argus, part of the amphibious task force known as Littoral Response Group North.
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Arctic/Antarctic Royal Navy helps dig out snowbound Antarctic scientists
The site was hit by heavy spring snowfall which buried some of the buildings and damaged the roof of one key structure.
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Sea vessels 'On to the next million!': HMS Scott celebrates sailing one million miles
It is the equivalent distance to 46 times round the earth or twice to the moon and back.
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Navy Are you not entertained? Royal Marines Band Service performs at Rome's Colosseum
HMS Albion is currently on Operation Achillean, where she is leading the Littoral Response Group North (LRG North).