THE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in the Royal Navy: “Engage the enemy more closely”. But has the Nelsonian spirit ...

The first to understand. The first to adapt and respond. The first to overcome. Fully integrated with the Royal Navy’s amphibious ships, our Royal Marines can be deployed globally without host nation ...

A Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine was used to warn off one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spy ships operating around UK waters. The hunter-killer submarine was ordered to surface ...

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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 ...

Throughout history, sword fighting had a major impact upon one’s social status, particularly during the medieval period of ...

The United States Navy Blue Angels Aerobatic Flight Demonstration Team has been thrilling audiences since 1946, pushing the ...

HMS Diamond will be affiliated with Oxfordshire after plans proposed by the Royal Navy are approved. From devastating bombing raids to the jubilant scenes of VE Day, Mary Davidson-Smith recalls ...

The Royal Navy has announced it is changing the name of a new submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, in a move branded "woke nonsense" by former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. It follows ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. The Royal Canadian Navy set out on its first-ever deployment to Antarctica Friday, but it wasn’t leaving tradition behind. As HMCS Margaret Brooke left the ...

A planned memorial to the Royal Navy’s role in ending the slave trade is in limbo after it was rejected by a string of proposed sites. Campaigners raised £70,000 to build a statue commemorating ...

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) is deeply saddened to announce that the sailor lost during an incident in Halifax on January 24, 2025 was Petty Officer, 2nd Class (PO 2) Gregory Applin. Petty Officer ...