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HMS Dragon becomes first Royal Navy ship since the Second World War to be affiliated with Wrexham

For the first time since the Second World War a Royal Navy warship will be affiliated with Welsh city Wrexham.

01 May 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Dragon
Veteran naval aircraft head to Falklands for new exhibition on 1982 conflict

Two iconic Royal Navy aircraft are making an 8,000-mile journey to become centrepieces...

30 April 2024

Royal Navy ship joins international effort to build pier for aid delivery into Gaza

Royal Navy support ship RFA Cardigan Bay is sailing from Cyprus to provide support to an...

26 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Auxiliary Fleet

Storyline: RFA Cardigan Bay

HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi missile

HMS Diamond shot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen.

25 April 2024

Storyline: HMS Diamond

Royal Navy's newest submarine officially named in Barrow

The sixth of the Royal Navy’s leading-edge Astute-class hunter-killer submarines has...

23 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSubmarine Service

Storyline: Agememnon

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Carrier Strike Group success as task group completes UK phase of NATO exercise

12 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Prince of Wales

Maiden performance: Heavy metal legend on stage with Royal Marines Band for the first time

11 March 2024

Royal Navy tech team present cutting-edge solutions to challenges faced by female sailors

08 March 2024

Topic:Equipment and TechTechnology

Storyline: Technology and Equipment

Row of the Valkyries: all-female team plan to make history rowing Atlantic

08 March 2024

Topic:CommunityFundraising

Storyline: People

Royal Navy ice patrol ship completes Antarctic mission

08 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Protector

Sub-hunting aircrewman honoured by family of tragic predecessor

08 March 2024

Topic:People

Storyline: Family

Fjord focus – Navy’s smallest craft join NATO’s biggest exercise

08 March 2024

Topic:Operational activityTraining

Storyline: Surface Fleet

Royal Navy tech office showcases latest deployment units

07 March 2024

Topic:Equipment and TechTechnology

Storyline: Technology and Equipment

Band goes Bavarian as Royal Marine Musicians thank Germans for hospitality

07 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Marines

Storyline: Royal Marines Band

Masters of disaster Yeovilton trains for worst case scenario with local emergency services

05 March 2024

Topic:Operational activityTraining

Storyline: South West

Knives out – and combat sports in as Navy extends youth initiative to Manchester

04 March 2024

Topic:CommunityLocal Initiatives

Storyline: Local Initiatives

Royal Navy seizes nearly £300m of drugs in the Caribbean Sea

04 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: Atlantic Ocean

HMS Victorious’ £560m refit to ready her for future operations

01 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSubmarine Service

Storyline: HMS Victorious

Frigate HMS St Albans returns to sea after massive revamp in Plymouth

01 March 2024

Spey’s visit to Manila ensures UK-Philippine ties are ‘only going to grow’

01 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Spey

Royal Marines help fallen climber in the Lake District

29 February 2024

Storyline: Royal Marines

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Extending Hans across the ocean Royal and German Navies step up training ties

The Royal and German Navies are to step up their 66-year partnership preparing the...

02 May 2024

Topic:Fighting arms

Storyline: The Fighting Arms

HMS Dragon becomes first Royal Navy ship since the Second World War to be affiliated with Wrexham

For the first time since the Second World War a Royal Navy warship will be affiliated...

01 May 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Dragon

Royal Navy ship joins international effort to build pier for aid delivery into Gaza

Royal Navy support ship RFA Cardigan Bay is sailing from Cyprus to provide support to an...

26 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Auxiliary Fleet

Storyline: RFA Cardigan Bay

Royal Navy attack helicopters hunt foes in Norwegian fjord exercise

The Royal Navy’s Wildcat maritime attack helicopters have demonstrated their ability to...

26 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsFleet Air Arm

Storyline: 815 NAS

Operational activity

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Two Ukrainian Navy ships to be temporarily based in Portsmouth

Two former Royal Navy ships now serving with the Ukrainian Navy will be a frequent sight...

11 April 2024

Topic:Operational activityInternational partnership

Storyline: UK Home Waters

Battle-proven HMS Richmond returns home to Plymouth from Red Sea mission

Home from harm’s way are the 200 men and women of HMS Richmond who have completed a...

28 March 2024

Topic:Operational activitySecurity at Sea

Storyline: Red sea and Gulf

‘Unprecedented’ rise in SOS calls from seafarers in Red Sea crisis

A Royal Navy-led ‘999 emergency centre’ has dealt with an ‘unprecedented’ rise in...

22 March 2024

Topic:Operational activityProtecting the Economy

Storyline: Red sea and Gulf

Training with Kiwis bears fruit for HMS Tamar

Patrol ship HMS Tamar geared up for an intensive period safeguarding vital fishing...

15 March 2024

Topic:Operational activityInternational partnership

Storyline: HMS Tamar

Equipment and Tech

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Sweet MEWSIC – experts give thumbs up to Navy’s new electronic warfare system

Expert operators and scientists have given the thumbs up to the Navy’s next-generation...

01 May 2024

Topic:Equipment and TechTechnology

Storyline: Surface Fleet

Dedicated wargaming facility to boost operations and lived experience

A dedicated wargaming facility used by the Royal Navy – and the wider UK Armed Forces –...

22 March 2024

Topic:Equipment and TechEquipment

Storyline: Equipment

First sailors complete ground-breaking trial to help curb injuries ruining military careers

The first recruits to take part in ground-breaking work to dramatically reduce injuries...

20 March 2024

Topic:Equipment and Tech

Storyline: CTCRM Lympstone

Autonomous minehunting test team mark one year in the Gulf

The team responsible for introducing autonomous minehunting into front-line operations...

13 March 2024

Topic:Equipment and TechEquipment

Storyline: Technology and Equipment

People

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Norwegians plan to honour tragic WW2 destroyer

Norwegians hope to erect a memorial to a Royal Navy warship sunk trying to prevent the...

29 April 2024

Topic:PeopleRemembrance

Storyline: Remembrance

Personnel prepare for Anzac Commemorations

Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal Navy marine...

23 April 2024

Topic:PeopleRemembrance

Storyline: Remembrance

Former reservist takes one step closer to becoming astronaut after graduating space training

Former Royal Navy Reservist Rosemary Coogan is one step closer to space after graduating...

22 April 2024

Topic:PeopleReserves

Storyline: Royal Naval Reserve

Possessing the Wright stuff Officer David leaves the Navy after 47 magnificent years

The Navy is bidding farewell to one of its longest-serving stalwarts: David Wright whose...

19 April 2024

Topic:People

Storyline: People

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Door of war restored: recently-found relic of historic WW2 naval raid unveiled in French museum

A relic from a legendary wartime commando raid discovered eight decades later now enjoys...

03 May 2024

Topic:Community

Storyline: Museums

Lovely shrubbery – Culdrose tree planting drive proves poplar

Around 6,500 new trees have been planted at Culdrose as part of a major sustainability...

17 April 2024

Topic:CommunityLocal Initiatives

Storyline: RNAS Culdrose

Submariner Lars lines up Himalayan challenge for charity

Not content with scaling Europe’s iconic mountain, submariner Lars Atkins will attempt...

17 April 2024

Topic:CommunityFundraising

Storyline: Fundraising

Memorial to St Nazaire raiders erected in commando unit’s birthplace

Men who took part in the greatest commando raid will be honoured in the place it all...

26 March 2024

Topic:Community

Storyline: Community

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