Royal Navy
You’ll do the unseen and experience the unknown. Wherever life in the Royal Navy takes you, there’s one guarantee: you’ll play a vital role in keeping maritime trade flowing, protecting our nation’s interests and maintaining global peace.
Royal Navy - Our organisation
The UK’s naval force, made up of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines & Royal Fleet Auxiliary. We stabilise the seas, keep maritime trade flowing & support global allies.
Global operations - Royal Navy
This is the Royal Navy’s ‘back yard’ and the focal point of operations, maintaining a 24/7/365 watch on potentially hostile activity above, on and below the waves, working side-by-side with our NATO and Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) allies, often in challenging conditions from the grey wastes of the Atlantic and bitter Arctic Ocean to the snow-covered mountains and …
Second Royal Navy frigate fitted with shipping-busting missiles
Dec 17, 2024 · HMS Portland has become the second Royal Navy warship to be fitted with new missiles capable of taking out enemy ships at ranges of more than 100 miles away. The Plymouth-based frigate follows the first, HMS Somerset, in completing trials and loading eight of the upgraded Naval Strike Missiles (NSM ...
Royal Navy - what we do
We operate across the globe to support the free flow of essential trade to our island nation, build vital relationships with allies and maintain a watchful eye over anyone who poses a threat. Our dominant presence on the world stage sends a powerful message: we’re …
Frigates come in from the cold for Christmas as HMS Portland and …
6 days ago · Sister ships HMS Portland and Iron Duke bring the curtain down on a busy 2024, coming in from the cold in both instances. Portland, which arrived home in Devon this morning to a gun salute as well as waves from well-wishers at Devil’s Point, has spent the past few weeks in Norway receiving a weapons upgrade, followed by operations in home waters.
Royal Navy’s UK Carrier Strike Group assembles in the North Sea …
Oct 14, 2024 · The UK Carrier Strike Group with HMS Prince of Wales as its focal point is off the coast of Scotland to carry out Exercise Strike Warrior – military drills that will confirm that the task force is ready for operations.
Six new amphibious warships to be built for Royal Marines …
May 14, 2024 · The new Multi Role Support Ships (MRSS) will replace HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, the Royal Navy’s current amphibious flagships which will remain in service until 2033/2034.
RN officer Rory helps NATO hone anti-submarine warfare skills in …
Dec 18, 2024 · to port. At the same time, down in the operations room, an American voice crackles over the external network: a US Navy P-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft has detected a contact on its systems; a flurry of activity follows: classification, designate a search and attack unit, increase the submarine threat warning.
HMS St Albans proves ability to defend against aerial threats in ...
Dec 13, 2024 · A joint team from QinetiQ and Inzpire, which delivers technical training to the MOD, lined up a combination of static sea targets and, for the first time at Sharpshooter, dynamic aerial targets. The Banshees were programmed to fly more than 100 different ‘threat profiles’ – namely different methods and directions of coming at HMS St Albans – while the frigate’s gunners laid down the ...