Tag: Royal Navy

• Monday, September 22nd 2025 - 23:09 UTC

  Last Falklands War submariner (Churchill and Vanguard Classes) retires after 46 years RN

  

  The last serving Falklands War submariner from HMS Conqueror has retired after 46 years in the Royal Navy. Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Gary Hutchinson, 64, was honored during a ceremony at HM Naval Base Clyde (HMNB Clyde) held last week.

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• Monday, September 22nd 2025 - 22:13 UTC

  First Sea Lord simple principle: “un-crewed wherever possible; crewed only where necessary”

  

  The head of the Royal Navy has laid down his bold vision to redefine naval operations through drastic technological innovation as he aims to get the Senior Service ready for warfighting within four years, pointed out Forces.net.

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• Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 09:02 UTC

  “Failures regarding the Royal Fleet Auxiliary leave the Royal Navy exposed,” security expert Professor Clarke

  

  Britain’s Carrier Strike Group's participation in Operation Highmast is a “sparkling example” of the Royal Navy's “shop window”, but the deployment also reveals the depleted state of our domestic maritime defenses, a UK security expert has told BFBS Forces News.

• Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 07:21 UTC

  Falklands congratulates RFA on its 120th anniversary: Be it war or natural disasters, they are always there

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Office in London, FIGO, has wished the RFA.(Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Headquarters a very happy 120th birthday, The wishes in the name of all the Falklands, remember RFA played a crucial role to the Liberation of the Islands in 1982.

• Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 08:13 UTC

  Final farewell for an Iconic Falklands War destroyer HMS Bristol

  

  A Royal Navy destroyer that participated in the Falklands War left Portsmouth Harbor on Friday, June 13th, and is travelling to Turkey, where she will be recycled. A small group of spectators came to see HMS Bristol, the only Type 82 ever built of her class, being towed out of Portsmouth Harbor to start her journey to an EU-approved recycling yard in Turkey.

• Monday, June 2nd 2025 - 06:54 UTC

  Royal Navy’s first of five Type 31, --HMS Venturer--, in final phase of construction

  

  After more than three years’ construction in a cavernous assembly hall in Rosyth, Fife, the 28-metre-tall doors were opened and HMS Venturer began to emerge. The ship is the first of five Type 31 frigates being built for the Royal Navy, part of a £10bn investment in the Fleet of tomorrow to replace the existing Type 23 flotilla.

• Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 08:08 UTC

  Falklands, new engineering support for HMS Forth and MPC

  

  In the windswept South Atlantic, the Naval Engineering Falkland Islands (NEFI) team has consistently been an important supporting element of the Royal Navy’s regional operations, mainly with HMS Forth stationed at MPC. Marking a major change in their organizational structure, the former NEFI team has become part of Forward Support Unit (FSU) Archimedes.

• Monday, April 7th 2025 - 08:59 UTC

  UK discussing sale of two RN amphibious assault ships to Brazil

  

  UK is in discussions with Brazil about the potential sale of Royal Navy warships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark. Both vessels are amphibious assault ships used to land Royal Marines and equipment ashore.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

  Falklands Patrol Vessel company passes with flying colors emergency training

  

  The Falkland Islands Patrol Vessel, HMS Forth has been put through its paces during her recent FOST assessment (Fleet Operational Standards and Training). Comprising of various training situations, including casualties, fires and floods, the Ship’s Company must respond quickly and correctly under the watchful eye of the assessors.

• Thursday, October 31st 2024 - 19:40 UTC

  Work begins in Royal Navy’s new Type 31 frigate HMS Formidable

  

  With a blinding arc of light as the laser cutter sliced through steel plate, work started this week on the Royal Navy’s new frigate HMS Formidable. Watched by political, military and business leaders – as well as the hundreds of skilled engineers and technicians – local MP Graeme Downie pressed the button to set the machine in motion at Babcock’s state-of-the-art facility in Rosyth.