There’s a new naval guardian of the Falkland Islands as HMS Forth heads back to the UK for the first time in more than six years. Her place as the Royal Navy’s permanent presence in the South Atlantic ...

British aviation history has been made with the UK’s first truly autonomous full-size helicopter completing its maiden flight ...

Enjoying the Mediterranean winter sun are personnel from 700 Naval Air Squadron, who took their Peregrine drone to the South of France for some joint training with our allies. The Base Aéronautique ...

And for the crew of HMS Forth there was as the Falklands Islands’ patrol ship closed out 2025 supporting a combined Army-RAF-Navy exercise in remote South Georgia. It’s high summer in the South ...

Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset returned home to Plymouth– ending a busy year with a total of over eight months away from her home port on national tasking – including operations tracking Russian ...

The Royal Navy tracked a Russian submarine through the English Channel in a coordinated three-day operation with NATO allies. This comes as the UK has seen a 30% increase in Russian vessels ...

HMS Lancaster arrived in Bahrain for the final time today – ending one of the busiest and longest careers of any major British warship. Flying her paying-off pennant – a ribbon-like White Ensign whose ...

Britain’s premier naval deployment of 2025 ends this weekend as the ships, jets and helicopters of the UK Carrier Strike Group returns home. Families and well-wishers are expected to gather at air and ...

The Royal Navy carried out two interceptions in a fortnight of Russian vessels in UK waters – including monitoring an intelligence gathering vessel. Plymouth-based HMS Somerset shadowed Russian ...

More than £300m is being invested in the Royal Navy’s first ever laser weapon after it downed high-velocity drones in latest trials. The success of the latest firings has prompted Whitehall to sign a ...

The largest number of UK F-35B Lightning jets ever assembled on either of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers has been deployed to the Mediterranean for a major allied exercise. Flagship HMS Prince ...

Cape Town, Singapore, Darwin, Busan, Goa and Mombasa. Not your usual holiday itinerary. “This is my last appointment after 44 years of service and I could not have asked for a better team, with their ...