1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN jointly by the King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth, the Harbour Master ABP Southampton and the Cowes Harbour Master that the Round the Island Race 2025 will start from Cowes ...

Crew of one of Britain’s most powerful military machines gathered in the cavernous dry dock housing her to mark the next stage in the £560m regeneration of HMS Victorious. The 16,000-tonne submarine – ...

A small drone acted as the ‘flying eyes’ for a Royal Navy helicopter in a first on operations. Crew of a Merlin helicopter turned off their radar – and instead relied on a drone and its controllers to ...

Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales, Sponsor of HMS Glasgow, today gave her blessing to the Royal Navy’s newest warship. Smashing a bottle of whisky against the hull for good luck, Her Royal ...

Royal Navy warships and helicopters were activated for the second time this month to report on Russian activity in UK waters. HMS Dragon monitored Russian intelligence gathering ship Yuri Ivanov as it ...

The Royal Navy’s HMS Trent is primed to return upgraded – and with new dazzle camouflage – to the Fleet for the first time since her historic Caribbean mission. The Portsmouth-based patrol ship has ...

New buildings, new aircraft and new simulators are coming to Culdrose – part of a £300m contract to boost training for aircrew in the Fleet Air Arm and RAF. Whitehall has signed an eight-year deal ...

General Sir Gwyn Jenkins will lead the Royal Navy of the future as he takes up the mantle of First Sea Lord, becoming head of the nation’s Senior Service. A formal supersession took place today in the ...

Naval aviators who braved the elements and hunted down U-boats in WW2 biplanes have been honoured by today’s sailors. Pilot Lieutenant Commander John Barnes and Telegraphist Air Gunner Ron Underwood ...

Reservists in northwest London celebrated the silver jubilee of their unit’s existence by rewarding outstanding personnel. HMS Wildfire, based at Northwood, has been serving the Home Counties since ...

The Royal Navy pounced on a drug runner in the Middle East, seizing more than 1½ tonnes of illegal narcotics worth £30m. After secretly shadowing the suspect through the Arabian Sea for more than 24 ...

For the second consecutive year a Royal Navy chef has lifted the title of Armed Forces Caterer of the Year. Petty Officer (Catering Services) Joe Whitlock excelled in war and peace, in both chef ...