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Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Spey teamed up with former First Lady Michelle Obama’s ‘own ship’ in the narrow waters separating Korea from Japan. Named after a pioneering WW2 female officer, US Coast ...
Sailors from HMS Dragon will parade through the streets of Wrexham on Friday as they celebrate the Freedom of the City for the first time. Watched by local dignitaries – and hopefully many local ...
An underwater robot could soon be saving lives at sea for the Royal Navy and prevent adversaries from sabotaging undersea cables and pipelines. A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has been adapted by ...
Portsmouth played host to UK Pride this year, marking a weekend of historic and heartfelt moments in the Royal Navy’s ongoing commitment to equality, inclusion, and reconciliation. Kickstarting the ...
Royal Marines Commandos are not unflinching machines. You’ll understand that there is a human element in everything we do. From providing aid and reassurance to civilians in terrifying situations, to ...
This joint amphibious warfare training – codenamed Exercise Catamaran– is currently taking place for the first time in seven years. The exercise is in two phases, in Devon and in the Bay of Biscay, ...
Next up was naval historian Angus Konstam who focused on WW2 convoy HG76 in December 1941. The Gibraltar-bound convoy saw the first use of an escort aircraft carrier (HMS Audacity) in convoy tactics ...
Royal Marines were met on the sands of Normandy by flags and cheering schoolchildren rather than fire and fury as they commemorated D-Day’s 81st anniversary. The green berets of Plymouth-based 47 ...
The unique story of two dozen Chinese sailors who fought on D-Day will be told in the UK for the first time next month. Almost entirely forgotten or overlooked for eight decades, 24 junior officers ...
G’day, Spey. One of the Royal Navy’s two warships permanently on patrol in the Indo-Pacific, HMS Spey, joined forces with the Royal Australian Navy for a mid-ocean link-up. Spey – based in Portsmouth ...
Twenty would-be naval officers will trek along Hadrian’s Wall in memory of Falkland heroes. More used to outdoor activities on nearby Dartmoor, the Officer Cadets from Britannia Royal Naval College in ...
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth that Ministry of Defence (MOD) vessels, usually MOD Police vessels, may operate in excess of the speed limit in the Dockyard Port of ...