Various new classes of ships - Type 31s, Type 26s, Multi Role Strike Ships and others - are in production. Despite this ongoing trend, many ships have unclear futures. Many of them may be scrapped, as ...

Admiral Lord West of Spithead has asked the government whether it plans to bring forward the date for when new multi role ...

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier is scheduled to leave HMNB Portsmouth and is bound for the Rosyth dry dock in Scotland. She ...

Procuring new Royal Navy ships and other military capabilities to supersede old platforms will be prioritised to meet ...

TRIBUTES were paid to a hero sailor at a ceremony to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the sinking of a Royal Navy ship in Portland Harbour.

The BAP Unión has two roles. It is a training ship for the Peruvian Navy, 227 of whom are on board when I visit. Many are ...

Space can be tight on a 1,600-crew warship, but sailors managed to get funding and room for a suite with robust air conditioning and gaming computers.

The HMS Prince of Wales, a UK Royal Navy aircraft carrier, has a computer gaming suite. Petitioned for by sailors, it's fitted with Alienware gaming computers and a widescreen TV. Space can be ...

Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, and indeed the survival of the Russian economy as a going concern, is dependent on oil and ...

The first mention of a pirate by name may be in a Greek book from 2,500 years ago. But sea-raiding has been around since the ...

During what has become known as the Battle of France in World War II, German troops had surrounded more than 338,000 allied troops on the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk ...

HMS Northumberland helped in the Caribbean, catching cocaine smugglers and followed Russian vessels in the Atlantic ...