1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the King's Harbour Master Portsmouth that to celebrate the Accession of His Majesty the King, on Monday 8 September 2025, His Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth will conduct ...

Royal Navy warships bade farewell to Japan and South Korea after historic visits that deepened bonds and underscored the UK’s commitment to security in the Indo-Pacific. Over the last fortnight, UK ...

Officers from HMS Astute rowed their outgoing commanding officer in Devonport Naval Base to the cheers of fellow submariners. Commander Chris Bate was given a traditional send-off in a Cornish gig as ...

The Portsmouth-based Offshore Patrol Vessel shadowed Russian destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov and two tankers through the English Channel. The operation is part of the government’s ongoing commitment to ...

The Royal Navy successfully tested the ability to communicate with Experimental Vessel (XV) Excalibur, the Royal Navy’s Extra Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV), while submerged on the other ...

For the first time in more than a century iconic artefacts from a tragic WW1 battleship are above the waves – recovered from the wreck in Scapa Flow. Divers have brought the bell, badge and tampion – ...

Jets of water from the cannon of appreciative tugs today welcomed the UK’s flagship HMS Prince of Wales into Darwin – the first Royal Navy aircraft carrier to visit Australia in a generation. Not ...

The Royal Navy has been undertaking ground-breaking trials to demonstrate the launch and recovery of uncrewed underwater vehicles from submarines. The torpedo tube launched vehicles will increase the ...

A mighty allied naval force with US and Royal Navy aircraft carriers at its heart is operating in the Timor Sea as the largest military exercise ever staged in Australia moves up a gear. HMS Prince of ...

Two Ukrainian warships have arrived in Portsmouth to complete training with the Royal Navy so they can make the Black Sea safe. Minehunters UNS Mariupol and Melitopol sailed into Portsmouth Naval Base ...

The Royal Navy is now able to deploy crewless minesweeping equipment to hunt and destroy mines for the first time. New systems – known collectively as SWEEP – have been accepted into service to combat ...

The Royal Navy has completed its command of NATO’s new Atlantic ‘theatre’ by laying down the battleplan for keeping the sea lanes open. Over the past 12 months the Commander UK Strike Force’s staff ...