A destroyer without any effective weapons against other ships ... Navies need balance and mass; the Royal Navy only has the former. We should have had 12 Type 45s, not the six we got. We now need 12 ...

The wreck of the USS Edsall, a lone American destroyer that fought a Japanese fleet, has been found in the Indian Ocean, the ...

Admiral Lord West recalling his Falklands' combat experience said that “if your system doesn't work you get sunk. You've lost a ship and you've got dead sailors.” Defense minister Baroness ...

The helicopter operates from Royal Navy frigates, destroyers and aircraft carriers, and performs a range of roles from ...

The Royal Navy's Type 83 destroyer project, the replacement for the Type 45, will enter the concept phase early next year, it was announced in Parliament. Minister for Defence Procurement ...

The Navy on Saturday commissioned the USS John Basilone, its latest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, named in ...

Video: 'I won't trigger a European war': Defence Secretary Ben Wallace rules out NATO enforcing a no-fly zone over Ukraine as he warns it would pit 'British fighter jets directly against Russian ...

The Navy's newest destroyer the USS John Basilone takes its name from the Medal of Honor recipient and hero of the Battle of ...

A Royal Navy destroyer has shot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. HMS Diamond was defending a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday when her Sea Viper missile ...

In a heartwarming tribute to a hero of The Greatest Generation, a town paused to honour a centenarian whose bravery during ...

Divers were today assessing the damage to a Royal Navy destroyer which ran aground off Australia. HMS Nottingham, a Type 24 destroyer, was holed below the waterline and taking on water after ...

A statue to celebrate Royal Navy servicemen and women both past and present was unveiled in the Cleethorpes Pier Gardens on ...