The UK’s ability to tackle ‘real-world’ threats at sea would be significantly enhanced by expanding maritime uncrewed system (MUS) numbers as a substantial proportion of what could grow to be a ‘1,000-ship navy’, a UK defence minister has said. The impact of such MUS capacity in countering such ‘real-world’ threats is already evident, including in ...
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This week the UK's military warned that the threats faced by Britain are greater than at any time since the Cold War - it comes as all five of its Astute class submarines are stuck in port and unable to sail
The Navy is facing fresh embarrassment over yet another technical fault, as HMS Prince of Wales’ technical problems pushed back her departure to celebrate US independence
The King has spoken publicly for the first time about the fatal helicopter crash, which killed three members of the Royal Navy, during a military engagement at Windsor Castle
The UK Royal Navy (RN) is progressing plans to undertake flight trials of a jet-powered Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) from a Queen Elizabeth-class (QEC) aircraft carrier by the end of next year. Speaking at the Defence Leaders CNE 2026 conference in Farnborough on 20 May, Commodore Steve Bolton, Deputy Director Aviation Programmes and Futures, said ...
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Sky News was paused for a breaking news announcement after three Royal Navy personnel were named following a fatal helicopter crash in Devon
Britain’s only female Royal Navy commando Lt Lily-Mae Fisher was one of the three victims of the Devon helicopter crash tragedy as tributes have been paid to an "extraordinary woman"
Lieutenant Lily-Mae Fisher was killed during a training exercise, alongside Petty Officer Owen Green and Lieutenant Commander Chris Gayson
The three members of the Royal Navy who died in a helicopter crash in Devon have been named as Lieutenant Lily-Mae Fisher, Lieutenant Commander Chris Gayson and Petty Officer Owen Green
Three people died in the crash on Wednesday.
The UK Royal Navy (RN) support ship RFA Lyme Bay is continuing preparations to support potential requirements to deploy to the Middle East, in the event of an international maritime security mission being established to ensure safe shipping and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. In recent weeks, alongside in Gibraltar, the Bay-class ...
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The Princess of Wales has issued a statement saying she is "saddened" following the tragic Royal Navy helicopter crash during a training exercise in Devon that saw three service personnel lose their lives.
Selon les images diffusées par la presse britannique, il ne reste pratiquement plus rien de l’hélicoptère de la Fleet Air Arm qui s’est écrasé dans un champ du comté de Devon [sud-ouest de l’Angleterre] aux alentours de 4 heures, ce 3 juin. Seule subsiste la queue de l’appareil, qui est celle d’un Agusta Westland HC4/4A...
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Three crewmembers onboard a Royal Navy Merlin Mk4 helicopter have died after it crashed in the early hours of this morning near Sourton, Devon the Ministry of Defence have said
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed it was a Royal Navy helicopter that crashed into a field at Sourton Down, near Okehampton
Le HMS Prince of Wales, symbole de la puissance navale britannique, est immobilisé en Norvège pour des réparations imprévues.
John Baker, now 69, was working a few miles off the coast of the Inner Hebrides island when he came across the strange vessel in May 2005.
The largest naval battle of World War I between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet took place over the 31 May and 1 June 1916. 9,823 men died in an inconclusive battle where no fleet was victorious with both sides claiming victory. The German fleet, however, never put to sea again […]
En arrêt technique à Portsmouth depuis fin novembre, après avoir achevé une mission de huit mois en Indopacifique, le porte-avions HMS Prince of Wales a repris la mer pour l’opération «Firecrest», le 23 avril. Selon les explications données par le ministère britannique de la Défense [MoD], celle-ci doit se concrétiser par une «importante démonstration de...
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HMS Medway arrived at Tristan da Cunha with six doctors, weeks after soldiers did a parachute jump to deliver emergency aid to the stricken Brit
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The Royal Navy's RFA Lyme Bay is on standby in Gibraltar, ready to lead an international mine-clearing mission in the Strait of Hormuz once a US-Iran peace deal is finalised — as at least 6,000 ships remain blocked from the vital shipping lane
Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed for a mine-clearing mission to the Strait of Hormuz that is still in doubt.
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The Royal Navy (RN) has no choice but to pivot to an increasingly uncrewed and autonomous hybrid fleet if it is to achieve the lethality, survivability, persistence and mass necessary for warfighting in the North Atlantic and High North, the head of the service has said. Speaking at the Defence Leaders Combined Naval Event (CNE) ...
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The UK Royal Navy (RN) Type 45 air-defence destroyer HMS Dragon has integrated into the French Navy’s FS Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group (CSG), as the CSG operates in the Gulf of Aden/Horn of Africa region. Both the CSG and Dragon have deployed to the region to provide pre-positioned capability, should regional security conditions ...
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Four SPEAR 3 missiles were carried on board an F-35B from the Integrated Test Force at NAS Patuxent River earlier this year, marking the first time that the new weapon has flown on the fifth generation aircraft. The long awaited news of SPEAR 3’s first flight test on the F-35B – which took place on […]
The Royal Navy is navigating one of the most demanding periods in its modern history. The 2025 Strategic Defence Review set a clear direction: a more powerful but, more affordable, hybrid fleet, blending crewed and uncrewed platforms into an integrated, lethal force. At the same time, the threat environment has shifted dramatically. Drone strikes on ...
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Record View says with global tensions rising, defence spending should support skilled shipbuilding and engineering jobs in Scotland rather than overseas.