AT THE HEART OF THE FIGHTING
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.
On 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 […]
» Read moreRFA Mounts Bay – the first ship from any nation to arrive on the scene in the wake of devastating Hurricane Dorian – has left the islands, her efforts complete. […]
» Read moreRFA Mounts Bay in Bahamas for Humanitarian Deployment Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA Mounts Bay has delivered essential aid to residents of Great Abaco in The Bahamas. The ship has […]
» Read moreHMS Forth Monitors Transit of Russian Vessel Vasily Bykov Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Forth monitored the progress of a Russian naval vessel Vasily Bykov through the English Channel and […]
» Read moreUK Increases Military Presence in Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean Amid rising tensions with Islamic extremist state Iran, the MOD has issued an update on the UK military presence in […]
» Read more42 Commando Board Grace 1 in Strait of Gibraltar 42 Commando of the Royal Marines supported officials in Gibraltar, Thursday, as they seized Iranian supertanker Grace 1 on suspicion of […]
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