THE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in the Royal Navy: “Engage the enemy more closely”. But has the Nelsonian spirit ...

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To present the inaugural Command pins, the Royal Navy’s Fleet Commander and the Minister for the Armed Forces made a high profile visit to one of the RFA’s newest ships, RFA Proteus, during a ...

The Royal Navy's £2.5 billion plan for five new warships set to make the UK "the foremost naval power in Europe" is in its concept phase, the Ministry of Defence has confrimed. Five frigates are ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. The Royal Canadian Navy set out on its first-ever deployment to Antarctica Friday, but it wasn’t leaving tradition behind. As HMCS Margaret Brooke left the ...

HMS Diamond will be affiliated with Oxfordshire after plans proposed by the Royal Navy are approved. From devastating bombing raids to the jubilant scenes of VE Day, Mary Davidson-Smith recalls ...

The Royal Navy has announced it is changing the name of a new submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, in a move branded "woke nonsense" by former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. It follows ...

Royal Navy sailors have always been allowed to wear “full set” beards, but are barred from keeping moustaches. Soldiers in the special service units – the SBS and SAS – have always been ...

Royal Navy sailors have never been banned from growing “full set” beards but they are barred from growing moustaches. The SAS and SBS have always been allowed to grow beards. Under the Army ...

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) is deeply saddened to announce that the sailor lost during an incident in Halifax on January 24, 2025 was Petty Officer, 2nd Class (PO 2) Gregory Applin. Petty Officer ...

Pakistan Navy has formally relinquished command of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, handing over leadership to Commodore Rodger Ward of the Royal New Zealand Navy in a ceremony at Naval Support ...

In an end to its seafaring days, Royal Caribbean’s Song of America cruise ship has been beached for scrapping at India’s Alang Shipbreaking Yard.