Jets land on HMS Prince of Wales as strike group assembles
HMS Prince of Wales and her Carrier Strike Group will be operating in the North Atlantic.
MP repeats ‘no aircraft for carriers’ myth
Patricia Gibson MP claimed that HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales lacked aircraft, despite both vessels deploying with jets, helicopters and even drones in recent times.
Type 26 Frigate purchase reduced by Australia
The Hunter-class frigate (a Type 26 variant) programme has been cut from nine ships to six.
Crew abandon UK-registered vessel after Red Sea missile attack
A British-registered cargo ship, the Rubymar, flying under a Belize flag, was targeted in a missile attack in the Gulf of Aden, an act claimed by Yemen's Houthi movement.
British patrol ship arrives in Malaysia
Patrol ship HMS Spey paid her second visit to Malaysia in three months.
Contract to provide specialist maritime combat systems
Aurora Engineering Partnership awarded £13m contract by Defence Equipment and Support to provide specialist maritime combat systems.
UK ‘reputation as world power’ diminished without Albions
A former Commander of the Falklands Task Group and the former Captain of HMS Fearless have urged the Government not to scrap the Albion class assault ships.
RFA minehunting mothership begins training in Scotland
RFA Stirling Castle, the new ‘mothership’ for mine warfare drone technology, arrived on the Clyde in late January.
Protestors block entry to BAE shipyard in Glasgow
The Glasgow shipyard, currently building Type 26 Frigates for the Royal Navy, was targeted by protestors calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas taking place in Gaza.
Babcock plans next-gen frigates with crews as small as 50
"We're doing a crew of about 105 on Type 31, so realistically we should be aiming to half that number for batch two."
