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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 was waved off by thousands of ...

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 ...

For the first time a fleet of drones will fly crucial supplies between ships of the UK Carrier Strike Group when it deploys to the Indo-Pacific later this month. Alongside its F35B stealth jets and ...

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 ...

The Royal Navy has been undertaking ground-breaking trials to demonstrate the launch and recovery of uncrewed underwater vehicles from submarines. The torpedo tube launched vehicles will increase the ...

The Royal Navy successfully tested the ability to communicate with Experimental Vessel (XV) Excalibur, the Royal Navy’s Extra Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV), while submerged on the other ...

Her Majesty The Queen today thanked submariners and their families for their unstinting efforts to keep the nation safe when she visited HMS Astute. During her visit to a rainy Devonport Naval Base, ...

HMS Anson docked at HMAS Stirling – the Astute-class boat’s first visit Down Under – as part of the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the UK and the United States, known as AUKUS. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...