British ship completes 2022 Caribbean deployment
HMS Medway has arrived in Florida in time for Christmas, having completed a busy patrol in the Caribbean.
Royal Marines ‘assault’ Arabian Peninsula
Royal Marines assaulted the mountainous shores of the tip of the Arabian Peninsula as part of reinvigorated British training in the Gulf this autumn, say the Ministry of Defence.
British aircraft carrier to sail north for secret mission
Britain's high-readiness aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth will sail today for the Arctic Circle to support a secret multinational cargo mission, the UK Defence Journal has learned.
UK Government shipbuilding contracts – where are they going?
Since the launch of the National Shipbuilding Office in September 2021, the UK Government has announced £4.34 billion in shipbuilding contracts with £59.3 million of that going to shipyards overseas.
Royal Navy spent 10,000 hours on NATO taskings this year
Royal Navy warships spent nearly 10,000 hours – 60 weeks – on NATO operations in 2022, say the Ministry of Defence.
Babcock welcomes HMS Montrose home
Babcock has welcomed home HMS Montrose, part of the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate fleet, to her Devonport base port following the ships 4-year deployment from the UK.
Royal Marines to get 60 new amphibious vehicles
The FATVs will be in-service until 2058, replacing the BV206 tracked and older BvS 10 ‘Viking’ models.
U.S. Navy awards BAE $295m for USS Kearsarge upgrade
BAE Systems will perform maintenance and modernisation on the U.S. Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge starting in April 2023.
New British nuclear missile submarine reaches milestone
The first pressure hull unit for Boat 1, the future HMS Dreadnought, has been transported to the Devonshire Dock Hall in Barrow for outfitting.
European deployment successfully completed by Royal Navy
The Royal Navy has completed a major European deployment.
