BAE Systems specialists begin work to preserve HMS Victory
Specialist engineers from BAE Systems are working with the National Museum of the Royal Navy on a unique project to help preserve HMS Victory, the world’s oldest commissioned warship.
Entire US Navy fleet in one day operational pause
US Navy officials have ordered a temporary halt in operations after a spate of maritime accidents.
Giant Goliath crane used to build new aircraft carriers now up for sale
The Goliath crane from Chinese manufacturer ZPMC was used to build the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers and is now being sold.
Royal Navy drug busting effort reaches £400m milestone
The UK and France commanded a multinational naval task force which has scored eight drugs, seizing 1.75 tonnes of narcotics worth nearly £400m.
US Navy commissions first expeditionary sea base, USS Lewis B. Puller
The US Navy converted USNS Lewis B. Puller to USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) during a ceremony at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Al Hidd, Bahrain.
HMS Medway revealed in Glasgow
The second of a fleet of five new offshore patrol vessels, HMS Medway, has been revealed by BAE Systems and is ready to be launched in Glasgow.
First Sea Lord: HMS Queen Elizabeth ‘the embodiment of Britain in steel and spirit’
Admiral Sir Philip Jones, the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, spoke about HMS Queen Elizabeth as she arrived in her homeport of Portsmouth.
RAF and Royal Navy train together over the Black Sea
Typhoon aircraft from the Royal Air Force based in Romania have been testing the air defence capabilities of HMS Duncan.
The decommissioning of HMS Ocean without replacement: Strategically nonsensical?
The planned decommissioning of the Royal Navy’s helicopter the HMS Ocean in 2018 without replacement is a nonsensical step and puts accountancy and politics above our nation’s security and our national interests.
Frigate fleet likely to dip below 13 vessels
Sir John Parker, author of an independent report on the National Shipbuilding Strategy, has indicated that the fleet will fall below 13 frigates unless the Type 31 Frigate build starts soon.
