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Royal Navy Uses a Bottle of Beer to Christen Its Sixth Astute-Class Sub, the HMS Agamemnon
Royal Navy Uses a Bottle of Beer to Christen Its Sixth Astute-Class Sub, the HMS Agamemnon

25 Apr 2024, 11:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The British Royal Navy officially named its sixth Astute class submarine after a king from Greek mythology, enter the HMS Agamemnon

 
Royal Navy’s Submarine Hunters Are Keeping an Eye on Russian Ships
Royal Navy’s Submarine Hunters Are Keeping an Eye on Russian Ships

4 Sep 2023, 04:48 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / British warships and the American-made Poseidon aircraft worked together to ensure close surveillance of Russian ships in the Atlantic

 
Opera Singer Katherine Jenkins Is the Newest Royal Navy Submarine Hunter Ambassador
Opera Singer Katherine Jenkins Is the Newest Royal Navy Submarine Hunter Ambassador

28 Aug 2023, 03:56 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / HMS Cardiff, one of the eight new Type 26 frigates currently in-built for the Royal Navy, is officially sponsored by Katherine Jenkins

 
Royal Navy’s First Inspiration-Class Frigate to Be Officially Launched Next Year
Royal Navy’s First Inspiration-Class Frigate to Be Officially Launched Next Year

14 Jul 2023, 05:50 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Royal Navy is determined to have a brand-new frigate class join its fleet by 2030, and the first in line is the fierce HMS Venturer

 
Fairey Gannet: The Plucky Story of the Ugliest Attack Jet Ever Built
Fairey Gannet: The Plucky Story of the Ugliest Attack Jet Ever Built

21 May 2023, 00:26 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / While British train stations and city buildings continued the arduous rebuilding process, the Royal Navy's Fairey Gannet took flight for the post-war Royal Navy

 
A New Royal Navy Submarine Hunter Will Proudly Bear the Birmingham Name
A New Royal Navy Submarine Hunter Will Proudly Bear the Birmingham Name

5 Apr 2023, 04:30 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / HMS Birmingham is the newest anti-submarine frigate being built by BAE Systems for the Royal Navy, after the lessons learned from having built the first batch

 
Royal Navy’s Future Fleet of Hunter-Killer Submarines to Feature U.S. Technology
Royal Navy’s Future Fleet of Hunter-Killer Submarines to Feature U.S. Technology

16 Mar 2023, 04:23 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The U.S., UK and Australia have joined forces for a complex submarine program that will add American technology to UK-built submarines

 
Royal Navy’s Newest Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine Ready for Sea Trials
Royal Navy’s Newest Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine Ready for Sea Trials

21 Feb 2023, 02:53 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The almighty HMS Anson has recently left its construction site at Barrow-in-Furness and is headed to its future home, in Scotland

 
This Man Was the Warbird Whisperer, Tested the "Quirks and Features" of Over 400 Planes
This Man Was the Warbird Whisperer, Tested the "Quirks and Features" of Over 400 Planes

4 Feb 2023, 19:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This is the story of Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown, the Guinness Book of Records holder for testing more airplanes than anyone else in history.

 
Broken Bolts Onboard Nuclear Submarine Fixed With Superglue, Royal Navy Is Not Happy
Broken Bolts Onboard Nuclear Submarine Fixed With Superglue, Royal Navy Is Not Happy

3 Feb 2023, 11:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / An investigation is underway after “defect” is found onboard HMS Vanguard, the Vanguard-class Trident submarine and Royal Navy flagship

 
The Royal Navy Is Turning This $49M Vessel Into a Drone-Launching Minehunter
The Royal Navy Is Turning This $49M Vessel Into a Drone-Launching Minehunter

1 Feb 2023, 04:55 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / An offshore commercial vessel will become a military ship working with autonomous systems that can find and destroy mines

 
HMS Active Becomes the Second Frigate in the Royal Navy’s New Inspiration Class
HMS Active Becomes the Second Frigate in the Royal Navy’s New Inspiration Class

26 Jan 2023, 05:00 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Royal Navy is on a roll when it comes to new additions to its almighty fleet - the HMS Active frigates is being built at the same time as its sister ship

 
Royal Navy Turns a Norwegian Commercial Vessel Into a Subsea Surveillance Beast
Royal Navy Turns a Norwegian Commercial Vessel Into a Subsea Surveillance Beast

20 Jan 2023, 03:11 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The UK is working on its first-ever subsea surveillance ship, by converting an offshore commercial vessel into a powerful military beast

 
Royal Navy Patrol Vessel Saves the Crew of a Sinking Tug in the Caribbean
Royal Navy Patrol Vessel Saves the Crew of a Sinking Tug in the Caribbean

9 Jan 2023, 07:03 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / It looks like a rough start of the year in the Caribbean, where both cruise ships and military patrol vessels are saving lives

 
First Royal Navy F-35 Pilot Retires After a Spectacular 32-Year Career
First Royal Navy F-35 Pilot Retires After a Spectacular 32-Year Career

5 Jan 2023, 07:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Forget Topgun, this Royal Navy pilot wrote history on the F-35, and got to fly 35 types of aircraft both in the UK and the U.S.

 
HMS Medway Is the Perfect Combination of a Superhero and a Cop at Sea
HMS Medway Is the Perfect Combination of a Superhero and a Cop at Sea

22 Dec 2022, 05:56 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The UK Royal Navy's HMS Medway is a surprisingly powerful vessel that acts as a helping superhero who also catches bad guys

 
The First of the Royal Navy’s Future Anti-Submarine Frigates Is Almost Complete
The First of the Royal Navy’s Future Anti-Submarine Frigates Is Almost Complete

28 Nov 2022, 02:56 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Royal Navy will soon be ready to start operating the first anti-submarine frigate in a new generation of vessels, and modern processes were used to build it

 
UK’s Massive Flagship Squeezed Through Narrow Fjords for Its First-Ever Visit to Oslo
UK’s Massive Flagship Squeezed Through Narrow Fjords for Its First-Ever Visit to Oslo

24 Nov 2022, 04:41 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The mammoth HMS Queen Elizabeth completed one of the narrowest harbor entries in its history, as it visited Norway for the first time

 
British Patrol Ship HMS Spey Trains Alongside Japanese Warships for the First Time
British Patrol Ship HMS Spey Trains Alongside Japanese Warships for the First Time

23 Nov 2022, 03:53 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Royal Navy's offshore patrol vessel participated in one of the most impressive military exercises in the Asia-Pacific region, together with Japanese ships

 
UK’s Royal Navy Pumps Almost $2B Into a New Generation of Support Vessels
UK’s Royal Navy Pumps Almost $2B Into a New Generation of Support Vessels

18 Nov 2022, 04:58 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / At the moment, the Royal Navy has only one support vessel that's also 30 years old. It plans to change that by building 3 state-of-the-art vessels soon