HMS Southampton and RFA Grey Rover until recently posted in the Falkland Islands were involved in the seizure in the Caribbean of a cargo ship with three and half tons of cocaine with a street ...

HMS Wilton, a 46 metre minehunter, built of glass reinforced plastic (GRP), was launched. At the time she was believed to be the ...

HMS Cumberland docked in Southampton The Disposal Services Authority (DSA) of the British Ministry of Defence has invited offers for the sale of four decommissioned Royal Navy Type 22 frigates.

The primary role of the Type 42s was to provide area air defence for the ships they had to escort. With their long-range sensor fit they also could act as radar pickets, sailing ahead of a Task Group ...

The wreck of the Southampton dates from a conflict long since forgotten by many, the War of 1812, when America and the British Empire were at war over Atlantic trade routes. In 1812 the HMS ...

HMS Somerset kept watch over the Russian corvette Boikiy for three days as it escorted merchant vessel Baltic Leader on its voyage from Syria.

“I was able to show him first hand that HMS Prince of Wales is at high readiness, standing by to deliver for the UK when ordered. “His visit was a great source of morale for my excellent ship’s ...