HMS Lancaster sails for three years forward-deployed in the Gulf
HMS Lancaster sails from Portsmouth on Monday 15th August and will not return home for three years, being forward-deployed in the Middle East and based in Bahrain.
HMS Lancaster sails from Portsmouth on Monday 15th August and will not return home for three years, being forward-deployed in the Middle East and based in Bahrain.
HMS Portland has been involved in tracking the movements of two Russian attack submarines heading from the Arctic to the Baltic Sea.
The MoD confirmed this week that RFA Argus will remain in service beyond 2030. Argus was supposed to decommission in 2024 but with no replacement available, this decision will ensure the UK’s afloat medical and aviation training capability is retained.
HMS Audacious has conducted NATO maritime security patrols in the Mediterranean on her maiden operational deployment.
Today the MoD has announced the Tye 45 destroyers will be upgraded to intercept ballistic missiles. The destroyers will be the first European warships with a full sensor-shooter BMD intercept capability.More
HMS Shoreham has left her home port of Faslane for the final time to conduct a brief tour of the UK before she is formally decommissioned in Rosyth.More
Survey vessel, HMS Echo arrived in Portsmouth on 29 March. For the last few weeks she has been de-storing and has now joined RFA Wave Knight laid up in the non-tidal basin. She has not been decommissioned but her future is undecided. Here we look at why the RN will, at least temporarily, make do without another ship.
It was revealed yesterday that the MoD is in negotiations with the F-35 Joint Project Office to buy another tranche of F-35 jets. This second batch will consist of 26 aircraft, in addition to the 48 already under contract.
Navy Lookout has formed a joint venture with Shephard Media in a move that will see the two organisations work together to bring the best independent naval news to global defence decision-makers.More