Royal Navy

Bid to get young and diverse people into the Army will see UK offering a ‘gap year’ from 2026, as a years-long recruitment crisis rolls on. 

UK govt once again sides with human rights lawyer maximalism over national security, suspending U.S. intel sharing over Trump drug strikes.

A centenarian Navy veteran took full advantage of being on live TV to express his sorrow at the state of modern Britain.

A ship caught fire Saturday in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen after being struck by a projectile, the British military said.

The Norwegian government said Sunday that it plans to buy a fleet of British-made frigates for its navy.

Defense ministers hailed their “deep strategic alignment” on Thursday as a Royal Navy aircraft carrier made a historic port call in Tokyo.

British government says the UK is ready to deploy troops “from day one” of a ceasefire should one be agreed in the coming days.

Largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, are underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spies.

A Royal Navy First Sea Lord who pushed moral reforms in the force has been terminated from the service, the British government said.

PM launches Strategic Defence Review , promising cash for nuclear warheads, attack submarines, and new munitions factories.

A ‘new Cold War’ is raging in the Atlantic Ocean with a threat to national security detected, a report claims to reveal. 

Britain’s Royal Navy confirmed Sunday the seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, previously named HMS Agincourt, will now be called HMS Achilles in a move already described as “craven political correctness” because it seeks to spare French blushes by no longer recalling one of England’s greatest military victories.

Most senior British officer says the world is now entering a third nuclear age, one more dangerous than others that went before.

The shipyard which builds Britain’s nuclear submarines was struck by a “significant” fire overnight, the cause remaining under investigation. 

There are nearly as many civil servants in Britain’s defence department as soldiers, and more than the whole navy and air force combined.

A member of the Royal Navy was killed in a night-flying exercise on Wednesday evening after a Merlin medium-lift helicopter made an emergency landing in the English Channel. The First Seal Lord Admiral Ben Key has spoken of the shocking

The UK is considering deploying troops to deliver aid to Gaza following the construction of an offshore floating pier, the BBC reported.

A British-launched nuclear missile test in the presence of the head of the Navy and the Defence Minister splashed back into the sea.

The UK military would only be able to maintain its full capabilities for just two months of war, the parliament was told.

A UK aircraft carrier slotted to lead the largest post-Cold War NATO exercises will not set sail after a problem with its propeller was found.

Supercarrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower will need to return to U.S. and the UK is ready to replace her with a British carrier, minister says.

The United Kingdom has successfully used an “advanced future military laser” to shoot down an aerial target for the first time.

Two British minesweepers collided while alongside at Bahrain on Thursday, video footage and the Ministry of Defence confirms.

The ability of Houthis terrorists to threaten merchant shipping “has taken a blow”, after a major strike against 60 targets in Yemen.

U.S. and UK warships and aircraft shot down drones, cruise missiles, and a ballistic missile overnight, “the largest attack” by Houthis yet.

NATO allies Turkey and the UK are at odds after the former denied permission for two ex-Royal Navy minehunters donated to Ukraine to pass through its waters on the way to the Black Sea.

Britain “won’t hesitate” to join the U.S. and take “direct action” against Houthis in Yemen its Defence Secretary has said.

Two Royal Navy minehunter ships are to be transferred to Ukraine in an effort to strengthen the country’s ability to safeguard its shipping, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced Monday.

The deployment follows the seizure of an Israeli-linked cargo vessel by Iranian-backed Yemeni Huthis in the Red Sea on November 19.

UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has suggested that British troops could be deployed inside Ukraine for the first time to carry out military training programmes.

Britain’s Royal Navy has reportedly told its sailors that they should introduce themselves with gender pronouns to be more “inclusive”.

Malaysia said on Tuesday authorities were questioning the crew of a Chinese vessel detained on suspicion of looting World War II shipwrecks.

Malaysia’s maritime agency said Monday it found a cannon shell believed to be from World War II on a Chinese-registered vessel.

The British defence minister appeared to have an unguarded moment on Wednesday, before his office walked the comments back hours later.

Dubai – A British warship intercepted a boat smuggling Iranian weapons, including anti-tank missiles, off the coast of Oman in a joint operation with US forces last week, officials said Thursday.

LONDON (AP) – A Royal Navy warship has returned to port in Britain after several sailors got sick from the vessel’s drinking water, officials said Saturday.