HMS Trincomalee: Europe's Oldest Floating Warship Gets Fresh Look
It took seven painters five weeks and 185 litres of paint to complete the repaint of HMS Trincomalee.
It took seven painters five weeks and 185 litres of paint to complete the repaint of HMS Trincomalee.
The Royal Navy's recently decommissioned Type 82 Destroyer was designed to defend a class of aircraft carriers that were never built.
The 65,000-tonne Royal Navy aircraft carrier has been undergoing different simulations to prepare for active deployment.
The upgrade will see the integration of Sea Ceptor into the Type 45 destroyers' Sea Viper weapon systems.
Forces News has been catching up with the carrier in Cyprus, as the Carrier Strike Group deployment gathers momentum.
The Russian president said "I don't think we were on the brink of World War Three" but the incident "was a provocation".
The Duke of Cambridge spoke about his late grandfather after touring the warship under construction on the banks of the River Clyde.
A total of eight vessels will be built as part of the Type 26 programme and will be delivered to the Royal Navy from the mid-2020s.
The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier was given a final inspection by the head of Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training.
The combat missions are the first flown from a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier by an F-35 aircraft.
Defence minister Jeremy Quin said there are plans to expand experimentation of Uncrewed Air Systems with Royal Navy vessels.
RNMB Hebe joined her sister vessels, Harrier and Hazard, at Clyde Naval Base in Scotland.
Royal Yacht Britannia's successor is thought to cost £200m and will be crewed by Royal Navy personnel.
The US Navy vessel completed the planned explosive training event to assess the aircraft carrier's ability to withstand battle conditions.
RFA Cardigan Bay has been crucial to Royal Navy operations in the Gulf since arriving in the region in 2017.
HMs Spey, a Batch 2 River-class Offshore Patrol Vessel, entered the Royal Navy fleet following a scaled-down ceremony in Scotland.