A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.

RAF maritime patrol aircraft were deployed, as were two Royal Navy warships and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s Proteus to follow it. “Today, I also wanted to confirm to the House that I ...

THE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in the Royal Navy: “Engage the enemy more closely”. But has the Nelsonian spirit ...

The Royal Navy's £2.5 billion plan for five new warships set to make the UK "the foremost naval power in Europe" is in its concept phase, the Ministry of Defence has confrimed. Five frigates are ...

The destroyer Rafael Peralta fires its Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun during a live-fire exercise while operating in the Philippine Sea in January 2023. (MC1 Greg Johnson/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. The Royal Canadian Navy set out on its first-ever deployment to Antarctica Friday, but it wasn’t leaving tradition behind. As HMCS Margaret Brooke left the ...

Yet the guns hadn't totally disappeared from the picture. The U.S. Navy's newest Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers are armed with the Mk 45 five-inch 54/62 caliber guns ...

A US Navy destroyer operating in the Red Sea last year used its five-inch deck gun to shoot a Houthi drone out of the sky, a top commander revealed this week. The American destroyer, USS Stockdale ...

Royal Navy sailors have always been allowed to wear “full set” beards, but are barred from keeping moustaches. Soldiers in the special service units – the SBS and SAS – have always been ...

Royal Navy sailors have never been banned from growing “full set” beards but they are barred from growing moustaches. The SAS and SBS have always been allowed to grow beards. Under the Army ...