Up for a national ‘Inspirational Youth Award’ is one sailor serving on board aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales. After a challenging upbringing, 19-year-old Declan Dowler is forging a career as a ...

Royal Navy warships and aircraft shadowed a Russian task group in the English Channel in a concentrated operation this week. HMS Iron Duke, HMS Tyne, a Wildcat helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron ...

The fast patrol craft will spend a couple of months venturing into the Arctic Circle, supporting NATO forces – including Royal Marines of the UK Commando Force – on Exercise Joint Viking, the annual ...

Royal Navy medics worked with Norwegian emergency services to rescue casualties buried under avalanches in critical training in the Arctic Circle. Medics from Plymouth-based 30 Commando Information ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Enthusiasts hope an £800k handout from the National Lottery will kick-start efforts to save 200-year-old frigate HMS Unicorn. Unicorn is the third oldest warship afloat in the world – and the third ...

Could you become part of the world’s most elite amphibious force and wear the coveted green beret? It’s not for everyone. You'll need to dig deep. In hostile environments, and on treacherous terrain.

The SC250 bomb – 250 its weight in kilogrammes, half of it explosive – was dropped during a raid on the town and college in February 1943. It landed in what today is the college’s D Block (the ...

Crew of veteran Portsmouth minehunter HMS Cattistock are gearing up for a demanding patrol in the Gulf through equally-challenging training in the Scottish lochs and islands. From coping with fires ...