Grant Shapps, a former Conservative member of the U.K.’s Parliament and Defense Secretary, called a recent submarine name ...

HMS Agincourt has been renamed Achilles amid reports the defence ministry did not want to offend France.

Installed in the Royal Navy’s six Type 45 destroyers, Sea Viper comprises a suite of two radars, a command and control system ...

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 ...

Copeland and Sprague were each awarded a Navy Cross for their actions during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Besides lending its name to succeeding warships, Roberts’ exploits were commemorated on two ...

HMS Diamond, which is based in Portsmouth, would become affiliated with Oxfordshire under plans proposed by the Navy. The Type 45 destroyer has a crew of 240 sailors, including a Royal Marines ...

The Royal Navy’s newest and most advanced warship HMS Daring was formally commissioned into the fleet in front of the ship's sponsor. The Countess of Wessex, who launched the Type 45 destroyer ...

Former UK defence ministers claimed Monday that a decision by Britain's Royal Navy to rename a nuclear-powered submarine called HMS Agincourt had been taken to avoid offending France.

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond has returned to the UK after six months in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden helping to protect shipping from attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels. The warship shot down ...