HMS Astute is the first of the Royal Navy’s new Astute-class. She can circumnavigate the globe without surfacing, and is one of our most advanced submarines.

The Royal Navy is now able to deploy crewless minesweeping equipment to hunt and destroy mines for the first time. New systems – known collectively as SWEEP – have been accepted into service to combat ...

An underwater robot could soon be saving lives at sea for the Royal Navy and prevent adversaries from sabotaging undersea cables and pipelines.

In response to the Strategic Defence Review, First Sea Lord General Sir Gwyn Jenkins has issued the following statement to the Naval Service: "The world has changed. The threat we now face is more ...

One of the UK’s most advanced warships has obliterated a supersonic missile in a historic first for the Royal Navy in a test off the coast of Scotland. In a burst of fire and smoke, Type 45 destroyer ...

The Royal Navy has today unveiled its first uncrewed submarine – paving the way for how the UK could operate in the underwater battlespace.

A UK warship has tracked a Russian submarine in the Channel – as part of a NATO mission to shadow Russian vessels. Ensuring the UK’s waters are secure, and the public protected, the Portsmouth-based ...

HMS Prince of Wales is a Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, one of the most capable and powerful surface warships ever constructed in the UK.

The Royal Navy has completed a two-year project looking at the use of jet-powered drones. The navy Banshee drones have now been retired from service, with the Fleet Air Arm team having achieved its ...

Russian ships prowling in British waters have been tracked and monitored by Royal Navy warships. HMS St Albans was activated to monitor RFN Admiral Golovoko as the frigate sailed east through the ...

The Merlin helicopters from 820 Naval Air Squadron arrived on HMS Prince of Wales today from their home at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose to begin their involvement in the Carrier Strike Group 25 ...

The most powerful deployment of UK airpower at sea this century is now embarked aboard HMS Prince of Wales and her carrier group after two days of intense activity at air bases across southern England ...