The UK’s premier naval deployment of 2025 is underway as ships departed ports in England and Norway, led by the nation’s flagship, aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales.
The Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset returned home to Plymouth after more than 100 intensive days on national tasking—including six operations tracking Russian vessels in UK waters.
Royal Navy warships shadowed a Russian task group returning from Syria in UK waters.
During a scheduled sea mission, the Buyan-class (Project 21631) small missile ship Grad completed exercises at a combat training range in the Kaliningrad region.
Two warships have tracked a suspected Russian ‘spy ship as’ it sailed through waters close to the UK, the Royal Navy revealed.
Allied Command Operations (ACO), which is responsible for the planning and execution of all NATO operations, has executed Baltic Sentry in the Baltic Sea to deter any future attempts by a state or non-state actor to damage critical undersea infrastructure there.
Navantia UK, a subsidiary of Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, is in discussions with Harland & Wolff, a historic British shipbuilding and fabrication company, to acquire its operations across four sites: Belfast in Northern Ireland, Appledore in the South West of England and Methil and Arnish in Scotla
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond has kept a close watch on a Chinese Navy task group as it passed the UK twice in three weeks.
The Royal Navy has used its smallest warships as a launchpad for autonomous mine-hunting operations for the first time.
The Royal Navy announced that it has delivered more than 80 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Gaza on behalf of the UK. Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA Lyme Bay delivered more than 300 pallets of UK aid as well as medical supplies on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus into Port Said, Egypt. The aid [&hell
The US has launched a new naval coalition, Operation Prosperity Guardian, in an effort to support the security and protect shipping in the Red Sea.
Saab’s underwater systems have supported elements of two ‘operational experimentation exercises’ involving over 2,000 civilian and military personnel from 15 NATO nations, Ireland and Sweden.
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster seized anti-tank weapons and ballistic missile components being smuggled in international waters in the Gulf of Oman after a high-speed chase in the Gulf.
Royal Navy has announced that an uncrewed boat that can search for and detect underwater threats has arrived in the Gulf to start its uncrewed trial operations.
