Details of HMS Diamond’s maintenance in Taranto revealed

Vice Admiral Chris Gardner has confirmed that "it was a propulsion problem".

Former Royal Navy chief ‘would be wonderful to have a bigger Navy’

Former First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Tony Radakin has stated that it "would be wonderful to have a bigger Navy" but believes the fleet can achieve its current taskings.

New British Type 83 Destroyer to enter concept phase next year

The Royal Navy intends to formally commence the concept phase for Type 83 in early 2022 with the assessment phase to follow in due course.

New First Sea Lord takes post

Admiral Sir Ben Key has taken over from Admiral Tony Radakin as First Sea Lord.

More details emerge about the Type 32 Frigate

More details about the Type 32 Frigate project have emerged as it is announced the warship has entered its concept design phase.

Bangladesh to buy five warships from Britain

The deal was reportedly done on the side lines of the COP26 conference in Glasgow on Wednesday.

UK stops interim anti-ship missile project

The interim anti-ship missile wold have filled the gap between Harpoon retiring and the 'Future Cruise/Anti–Ship Weapon' entering service.

Royal Navy looking for Type 45 Destroyer engineering simulator

The Ministry of Defence want to replace "obsolete and incapable" training simulators and replace them with ones able to reflect changes made during the Type 45's power improvement programme.

Why is shipbuilding apparently invisible in Scotland?

Social media encourages echo-chambers in which confirmation bias runs rampant.

Cambridge firm to supply radar software for Type 26 Frigates

Cambridge Pixel will be supplying its latest generation of radar processing and display software for the Type 26 Frigate.

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