“For the last two days the Royal Navy has deployed HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne to monitor the vessel every minute through our waters. “I changed the Royal Navy’s rules of engagement so that ...

HMS Somerset with the Russian spy ship Yantar (Royal Navy/PA) Defence Secretary John Healey gave details of the operations in a Commons statement. In a direct message to Mr Putin he said ...

RAF maritime patrol aircraft, minehunter HMS Cattistock, offshore patrol vessel HMS Tyne and surveillance ship RFA Proteus were deployed “to shadow Yantar’s every movement”. Mr Healey added ...

The crew of HMS Somerset set sail on Friday December 27, to keep a watch on the corvette RFS Soobrazitelny and two support vessels, MV Sparta II and MV General Skobelev for 500 miles in the North ...

Battle-hardened sailors who shot down missiles and drones in the Red Sea have been championed in the New Year’s Honours list. Personnel aboard the Portsmouth-based warship HMS Diamond have been ...

The Royal Navy’s weirdest warship is on her way across the Atlantic Ocean, bound for the British West Indies, where she will contribute her 100 patient beds to reinforce local ...

distributed 182 gifts to the crews onboard RFA Argus, RFA Cardigan Bay, HMS Severn, THV Patricia, Vemahonesty and Mercia. Penny Phillips and Graham Hall undertook the deliveries on December 23 and 24.

Sold to Harland and Wolff in 1912, Beardmore built HMS Argus, the first aircraft carrier with a full-length flight deck. Following the First World War, the business diversified into a variety of ...

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