General Sir Nick Carter on Warfare Today
Chief of Defence Staff Highlights Digital Domain in RUSI Speech General Sir Nick Carter GCB CBE DSO ADC Gen, Chief of Defence Staff’s speech at the Annual Royal United Services […]
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The Royal Navy is the UK’s naval warfare capability, known unofficially as the ‘Senior Service’. As of 19 March 2016, there are 77 commissioned ships (including submarines) in the Royal Navy, including an amphibious assault ship, 2 amphibious transport docks, 4 ballistic missile submarines (which maintain the UK’s nuclear deterrent), 7 nuclear fleet submarines, 6 guided missile destroyers, 13 frigates, 15 mine-countermeasure vessels and 22 patrol vessels. In addition, the Royal Navy can count upon 9 ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and 5 Merchant Navy ships. The Fleet Air Arm comprises 174 aircraft.
Chief of Defence Staff Highlights Digital Domain in RUSI Speech General Sir Nick Carter GCB CBE DSO ADC Gen, Chief of Defence Staff’s speech at the Annual Royal United Services […]
» Read moreUpdate on Littoral Response Group (Experimentation) (LRG(X)) The assault ship HMS Albion has sailed back home to Devonport having led Littoral Response Group (Experimentation) (LRG(X)) on a series of exercises […]
» Read moreRussian Warships, Submarine Prompt Royal Navy Response Every move made by the Russians – a surfaced submarine, destroyer, corvette, patrol ship and their supporting tugs and supply ships – was […]
» Read moreChurchil Orders “Reign of Terror”, 6 June 1940 The Fall of France and the desperate evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk sent shockwaves across the […]
» Read moreCold Weather Warfare Training for Multinational Exercise Cold Response 2020 is a biennial exercise hosted by Norway focusing mostly on operations at the tactical level in cold-weather environments. US Marine […]
» Read moreOn 25th October 2019, a total of 20 tri-Service aircrew graduated from the Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) at RAF Shawbury. The tri-Service parade celebrated the graduation of 13 pilots, 1 […]
» Read moreMilestone for Royal Navy’s Second New Aircraft Carrier The second of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers, HMS Prince of Wales, has sailed for the first time. Eight years after […]
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