In pictures: HMS Spey and HMS Tamar leaving Portsmouth
The two patrol vessels' departure marks the start of their five-year Indo-Pacific deployment.
The two patrol vessels' departure marks the start of their five-year Indo-Pacific deployment.
The ships will work with Britain's allies to deal with drug-running, smuggling, terrorism and other illegal activities.
F-35B Lightning jets from 207 Squadron joined the aircraft carrier for Carrier Qualification training.
The divers failed to return to the surface while exploring the wreck off the Cornwall coast.
The Carrier Strike Group will be conducting exercises and engagements in Japan throughout September.
The Type 45 Destroyer is now passing through the Suez Canal to deliver operations in support of the Carrier Strike Group's deployment.
The Hawk jets, from RNAS Culdrose's 736 Naval Air Squadron, flew over the carrier during her most recent phase of sea trials.
HMS Severn has been fully operational since July last year but has now been officially welcomed back into the Navy fleet.
A look at what the sailors on board the newly recommissioned vessel tuck into for just £3.61 per day.
A joint American military force demonstrated its firepower during a sinking exercise, destroying a decommissioned navy frigate.
The Royal Navy and the US Army have been at the heart of an aid effort in the country.
The unique light display marked events onboard the ships of the Carrier Strike Group to allow everyone onboard to celebrate inclusion.
HMS Defender received fuel from the US amphibious assault ship USS America, while HMS Queen Elizabeth received live munitions.
HMS Severn was decommissioned almost four years ago and is the first ship to be reactivated in this way since the Falklands War.
How the lovely jubbly Del Boy keeps the Navy’s carrier strike group going in the Pacific
It is the first of several planned port visits in Japan by those on the Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment.