Once considered one of the most powerful naval forces in the world, the British Royal Navy is currently dealing with a major crisis. The Navy has only two operational destroyers, raising serious ...

Innovative Type 83 destroyers will soon be replacing current Royal Navy ships as the project takes a step forward. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been taking initial steps to replace the fleets ...

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 Royal Navy's £2.5 billion plan for five new warships set to make the UK "the foremost naval power in Europe" is in its concept phase, the Ministry of Defence has confrimed. Five frigates are ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Parts of the navy—the Royal Marines and submarine service—also have a higher tolerance for risk than the rest. Tom Sharpe, who commanded four warships in his 27 years in the Royal Navy ...

Unite says locking Royal Navy tug crews out of contract discussions raises concerns over safety. HMS Sutherland has returned to sea after a four-year long refit at Devonport Dockyard. A bomb ...