Naval aviators today toasted their forebears, 80 years to the day of one of the greatest raids in Fleet Air Arm history. On January 24 1945 – and repeated five days later – fighters and bombers from a ...

Yantar, believed to be used by the Russian Navy for intelligence gathering, was shadowed by HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne. Somerset’s Commanding Officer, Commander Matthew Teare, said: “The Royal Navy is ...

Royal Navy F-35 pilot Lieutenant Commander Nick Baker has been helping our Japanese allies enter the Lightning era. The Brit is a test pilot with US Patuxent River Integrated Test Force – a mix of ...

Junior Royal Navy officers Luke Orrin and Matt Handisides were given the rare opportunity to guide a cruise liner and complete their qualifications. Thanks to an exchange scheme between HMS ...

Around 50 young people from Leeds became the latest to benefit from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines’ growing ‘Weapons down, gloves up’ campaign. Run by a small team of volunteers for around 18 months ...

Royal Navy warship HMS Spey opened 2025 with a bang as she proved her gunnery prowess to France’s No.1 naval force. The patrol ship – on a long-term mission to the Indo-Pacific region with her sister ...

A former headmistress who was recently presented with a cap from the first school she taught at has now also been presented with a special Royal Naval cap on her 100th birthday. Margaret Grey ...

The Royal Navy’s experts in finding, identifying and removing underwater threats have trialled current and future technologies during a series of tests off the Virginia coast. Sailors from the navy’s ...

Four Royal Navy rowers are on the run for home having passed the 2,000-mile mark in their epic race across the Atlantic. The all-female HMS Oardacious rowers – known collectively as the Valkyries – ...

The future of the last surviving dedicated Battle of the Atlantic convoy escort ship has been secured thanks to a grant of £225k from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The ship is considered of ...

The captain of Britain’s biggest warship raised an emotional toast to his family this week as they marked 100 years’ continuous service to the nation. Every day since mid-January 1925 there has always ...