6 h. ago Royal Navy: Huge propulsion block completed for new Type 26 warship HMS Birmingham

Substantial construction milestones have been completed for new Royal Navy warships being built.

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8 d. ago Royal Navy warships shadow three Russian vessels through English Channel

Russian landing ship RFN Alexander Otrakovsky had recently left the Mediterranean.

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8 d. ago Royal Navy shadow Russian 'spy' ships as they voyage through British waters

Minehunter HMS Cattistock and a Wildcat helicopter were deployed to escort survey ship Admiral Vladimirskiy during its voyage, the Royal Navy said.

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8 d. ago Royal Navy deployed to track suspicious Russian 'spy ships' in English Channel

The Royal Navy was deployed to escort oceanographic survey ship Admiral Vladimirskiy, Russian landing ship RFN Alexander Otrakovsky, and merchant vessel MV Ascalon through the English Channel and North Sea

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1 week ago Hegseth beefs up warship presence in the Middle East and will have 2 aircraft carriers in the region

A U.S. official says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is beefing up the Navy warship presence in the Middle East, ordering two aircraft carriers to be there next month as the U.S. increases strikes on Yemen-based Houthi rebels

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2 w. ago RAF and Royal Navy warships shadow Russian destroyer and landing ship through English Channel in response to 'maritime threats'

Two British warships were deployed to escort a pair of Russian military vessels from the English Channel, it has been revealed. 

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2 w. ago Last Battle of Britain hero pilot who was shot down four times dies aged 105

Gp Capt John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a teenager before World War Two.

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2 w. ago John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain pilot, dies aged 105

The pilot, whose squadron shot down 90 enemy aircraft in an 11-day period in 1940, called himself the ‘lucky Irishman’The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John “Paddy” Hemingway, has died aged 105.The Royal Air Force (RAF) said Hemingway, a member of “the Few” who took to the skies during the second world war, died peacefully on Monday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Navy warship once used to fight the Houthis is now heading to the U.S. southern border

Officials did not provide many details about the role the ship will play in guarding the border

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2 w. ago Royal Navy warship lands massive blow to drugs gangs by seizing £5.4million of class A narcotics from dhow in Arabian sea

A Royal Navy warship has delivered a massive blow to drug gangs after it seized £5.4million worth of class A drugs from two boats in the Arabian Sea.

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2 w. ago Royal Navy warship seizes £5.4m of class A drugs in Arabian Sea

The crew of HMS Lancaster – which works out of Bahrain – recovered 340kg of heroin and 83kg of methamphetamine.

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3 w. ago Fears over Elon Musk Starlink internet tech being deployed on Royal Navy warships

The satellite service will be trialled on HMS Prince of Wales to allow sailors to contact family and watch TV shows during its upcoming voyage to the Indo-Pacific.

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3 w. ago Trump administration briefing: US backs Russia ahead of G7, Republican spending bill boosts defense

US has reportedly rejected Canadian proposal to tackle Russian ‘shadow fleet’, Republican bill trims everything aside from defense – key US politics stories from Saturday at a glanceThe US has reportedly rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers and pushed to soften language on Moscow ahead of a G7 foreign ministers meeting this week.In negotiations to agree a joint statement on maritime issues, the US is pushing to strengthen language about China while watering down wording on Russia, the reports said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mysterious unmanned warship spotted off of Washington state coast

The Defiant may have a role in the U.S. Navy’s drone ‘hellscape’ to help defend Taiwan from Chinese aggression

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3 w. ago Pictured: The heavily armed Russians being shadowed by the Royal Navy in the English Channel in dramatic stand

Armed personnel were seen manning machine guns on the Boikiy, a 343ft-long Russian corvette that can carry up to 99 men at a time.

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3 w. ago Chilling moment Russian navy officer brandishes machine gun on warship in the English Channel 'while escorting shipment of arms bound for Ukraine frontline'

Armed personnel were seen manning machine guns on the Boikiy, a 343ft-long Russian corvette that can carry up to 99 men at a time.

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4 w. ago Russian warship is shadowed by Royal Navy through the English Channel in show of might against Vladimir Putin

Heavily-armed frigate HMS Somerset was scrambled to watch over the Russian corvette Boiki, and a weapon-carrying merchant ship, for three days.

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4 w. ago Russia sends warship through the English Channel with navy officers manning machine guns on board while 'escorting arms shipment to Ukraine frontline'

A Russian warship has been spotted escorting a sanctioned cargo ship crewed by men in military fatigues through the English Channel. 

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last month How WOULD Keir Starmer's 'coalition of the willing' enforce a peace deal in Ukraine? European troops on the ground and RAF planes in the skies could stop Russia breaking a ceasefire

RAF Typhoons might be deployed to help patrol Ukrainian skies, while Royal Navy ships could be sent to the Black Sea to deter another Russian assault.

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