RAF Monitors Russian Naval Vessels Near UK Waters
As Royal Air Force personnel were taking part in the Coronation events, RAF aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth monitored Russian Naval ships exercising close to UK territorial waters. The Typhoons and…
New Battle of the Atlantic Memorial Unveiled in Liverpool
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal today unveiled a new national memorial to those who fought – and won – Britain’s longest battle at sea: the Battle of the Atlantic.…
HMS Defender Shadows Russian Task Group’s Passage
Destroyer HMS Defender monitored the three-strong group of warships and maintained contact with the force as it continued its journey past the British Isles. Assisted by her Wildcat helicopter from…
Royal Navy Protects World’s Largest Warship
Frigate HMS Northumberland, Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender and tanker RFA Tideforce are well-versed in escorting Britain’s aircraft carriers, and joined the US Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 12, whose flagship…
HMS Defender Destroys Drone in Exercise
HMS Defender deployed to Scotland’s Outer Hebrides for Formidable Shield 2023 to test missiles, systems, sensors and software against ballistic, subsonic and supersonic targets, alongside 13 NATO and partner nations.…
HMS Defender Celebrates Ten Years in Commission
Six oceans, more than a thousand days at sea and 270,000 nautical miles sailed. Those are some of the achievements HMS Defender is celebrating this week as the warship marks…
Royal Navy Completes Major European Deployment
The Royal Navy has completed a major European deployment from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, strengthening bonds with NATO allies. Nine warships, F-35B Lightning jets, helicopters and thousands of…
HMS Defender Busy Training in Eastern Mediterranean
HMS Defender operated closely with the Greek and US navies as the destroyer’s deployment gathered pace in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Type 45 is deployed with the Royal Navy’s Littoral…
NATO’s SNMG2 Trains With USS George HW Bush
Ships from the Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) fulfilled security duties known as “screen defense”, for the visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to aircraft carrier USS George…
Littoral Response Group North in Mediterranean
A Royal Navy amphibious response force has sailed for the Mediterranean on a European security mission alongside NATO allies and partners. More than a thousand sailors and Royal Marines have…