Fascinating previously unseen photographs taken by a British naval officer who travelled the world while serving on a Royal Navy ship 120 years ago have come to light. Henry Taprell Dorling served on cruiser HMS Terrible in the Second Boer War in
The vessels will be named HMS Dagger and HMS Cutlass after the names were approved by The Queen and will be part of the Royal Navy’s Gibraltar Squadron. The Gibraltar Squadron’s new are being built by Merseyside-based Marine Specialised Technology (MST) and
Indonesian Navy submarine goes missing with 53 sailors on board amid fears it sank to the bottom of a 2,300ft trough during military exercises off Bali By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline and Reuters Published: 06:57 EDT, 21 April 2021 | Updated: 06:57
Royal Navy warships track Russian frigates and tank landing craft as they pass through English Channel HMS Tyne, Severn and Mersey have been monitoring Russian Federation vessels A trio of vessels sailed into the North Sea while four sailed towards the Atlantic
The Ministry of Defence is insisting the deployment of the two vessels – a Type 45 destroyer equipped with anti-aircraft missiles and an anti-submarine Type 23 frigate – is routine. However, the Royal Navy’s presence in the key strategic waterway is a
Prince Philip’s funeral service included a hymn to honour his service at sea, a psalm that was sung at his 75th birthday party and buglers from the Royal Marines who played the Navy’s ‘Action Stations’ battle signal. The emotional touches, which were
A petition to name a Royal Navy ship after the late Prince Philip has gathered more than 11,000 signatures. The petition, on Change.Org, calls for a ship to be named The Duke of Edinburgh, which would be a particularly fitting tribute given
The Ukrainian navy threatened to shoot Russian coast guard vessels near the Kerch Strait just hours before Putin closed the waterway to foreign warships in the latest sign of mounting tensions in eastern Europe. The standoff took place between three Ukrainian Gyurza-M-class
The Royal Navy carried out repairs on its flagship aircraft carrier just weeks before the £3.2billion ship is due to set sail on its maiden world voyage. The HMS Queen Elizabeth, known as ‘Big Lizzie’, was flooded with salt water following the ‘minor breach’
The jaw dropping performance seven women put on to celebrate the unveiling of a brand new warship did not come as a shock to the Navy personnel who hired them. Dancers from 101Doll Squadron are considered mainstays at local and cultural events