The Royal Navy's Devonport dockyard in Plymouth is the largest naval base in Western Europe, covering 650 acres and housing 15 dry docks. It employs 2,500 service personnel and generates around 10 ...

The People’s Liberation Army Navy already boasts more warships than the US Navy - VCG/VCG via Getty Images ...

The Royal Navy has used its new Peregrine vertical take off and landing (VTOL) drone for the first time on drug-hunting operations in the Middle East. At just three metres (10ft) long, yet capable of ...

The first to understand. The first to adapt and respond. The first to overcome. Fully integrated with the Royal Navy’s amphibious ships, our Royal Marines can be deployed globally without host nation ...

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The Royal Navy has shadowed another Russian task group as it passed near UK waters. HMS Somerset, a Type-23 frigate equipped with Ant- Submarine Warfare capabilities, closely followed the Russian ...

Thales has reached a historic milestone by delivering the first end-to-end autonomous maritime mine hunting system to the Royal Navy. This achievement comes under the aegis of the Joint Armament ...

China has built the equivalent of the entire Royal Navy in just four years as Beijing races to become a global maritime power, according to a Washington-based research group. Between 2019 and 2023 ...

The Royal Navy is planning to trial Elon Musk’s internet network Starlink on the fleet’s flagship aircraft carrier, according to reports. Sailors aboard HMS Prince of Wales will be able to use ...

The Royal Navy flagship HMS Prince of Wales has sailed from its home base as it prepares for its deployment to the other side of the world. Well-wishers waved off the 65,000 tonne aircraft carrier ...

But the use of Starlink on the Royal Navy's flagship has deepened fears about British reliance on the US, including that the technology could be 'weaponised' by Mr Musk. The billionaire tech mogul ...

A sophisticated new mini helicopter drone was utilised for the first time during Royal Navy anti drug smuggling operations. The crew aboard HMS Lancaster got their hands on Peregrine during ...