Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is now formally linked with the flagship of the UK’s Merchant Fleet, cruise liner Queen Mary 2. Beneath a portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II – who ...

If you’re studying shipbuilding on the Clyde at school, who better to help you than those at the heart of the endeavour? Crew from the Navy’s first Type 26 frigate HMS Glasgow dropped in on their ...

Royal Navy experts have battled drifting mines, underwater explosions and drone attacks in a simulated exercise as part of strengthened NATO efforts to thwart subsea attacks. More than 140 mine ...

The family of one of the country’s oldest sailors would love to see a big turnout from the naval family at his funeral. Alan Norman Martin – known to friends and family simply as Norman – served ...

Crew of new frigate HMS Venturer honoured the unique heroic deed of their World War 2 namesake exactly 80 years ago – an action still relevant in the 21st Century Royal Navy. On February 9 1945, the ...

The first of the Royal Navy’s next-generation electronic warfare systems has rolled off the production line as final fests and upgrades are made. The Maritime Electronic Warfare System Integrated ...

Royal Navy warships will escort the legendary ‘little ships of Dunkirk’ back to France in May for 85th anniversary commemorations of the World War 2 evacuation. More than 70 of the small craft are ...

There will be many who follow, but Sara Young is the first ‘sailor of the year’ from the nation’s flagship to be crowned in the vessel’s affiliated city. The 25-year-old leading medical assistant ...

HMS Sutherland has returned to sea after nearly four years following a major overhaul in Devonport dockyard. The ship is the final Type 23 frigate to receive the life extension upgrades in the hands ...

Seven serving sailors and Royal Marines who have battled incredible adversity are heading for the first winter sports edition of the Invictus Games in Canada. Team UK has a 62-strong squad for the ...

When 100-year-old Sybil Parker looks back on her long and eventful life, one job stands out – serving in the Women’s Royal Naval Service. It was at the height of the Second World War when 17-year-old ...

Staff at Royal Naval Armament Depot Coulport recently gathered for the official naming ceremony of the old canteen building which has been newly refurbished and will now provide brand new office space ...