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Royal Marines Musicians remember Deal Bombing 30 years on

Royal Marines Musicians will return to Kent on Sunday September 22 – 30 years to the day of one of the darkest moments in their proud history. Eleven musicians were killed and another 11 injured when a bomb planted by the IRA in the ‘Coffee Boat’ rest area of the Staff Band at the Royal Marines School of Music, Deal, blew up. The blast destroyed the building and a … [Read more...]

HMS Queen Elizabeth sails for landmark F-35 trials

On Friday 30th August 2019, HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Nation's largest ever aircraft carrier set sail from HMNB Portsmouth to conduct in her second deployment to the States. She will take part in Ex WESTLANT 19 alongside HMS Northumberland, HMS Dragon and American counterparts and will return home just before … [Read more...]

Britain’s brightest brains design bionic commandos to fight future wars

BIONIC ‘invisible’ commandos carried into battle on silent ‘flying wings’ while hologram decoys distract an enemy pounded by rail and laser guns. This is the futuristic vision of the Royal Marines dreamed up by Britain’s best and brightest young engineers, told to harness present and future tech to imagine how the Royal Navy’s elite troops might go into action in the … [Read more...]

HMS Defender to join Royal Navy efforts to support safe passage of Gulf shipping

Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender will join the Royal Navy’s efforts to support the safe passage of shipping in the Middle East. The Government confirmed earlier this month that the Royal Navy has been tasked to accompany British-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz, as part of the International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC). This deployment will ensure that the … [Read more...]

British and Indian Navies Join Forces in Channel

Destroyer HMS Defender joined forces with the Indian Navy as she knuckled down to her Asia-Pacific deployment… in the English Channel. The Portsmouth-based Type 45 destroyer met up with INS Tarkash in unseasonally bleak August weather off the South Coast for the two navies’ annual workout: Exercise Konkan. Konkan is a long-running exercise designed to test the ability of … [Read more...]

HMS Duncan arrives in the Gulf to support safe passage of British-flagged ships

The Royal Navy’s HMS Duncan has arrived in the Gulf to support the safe passage of British-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Freedom of navigation is crucial for the global trading system and world economy, and the Government has committed to doing all it can to defend it. Last week the Government confirmed that the Royal Navy has been tasked to accompany … [Read more...]

Navy’s new anti-ship missile bang on target

A target boat took a direct hit in the Irish Sea as the Royal Navy successfully tested its new missile to defeat terrorists and suicide bombers. HMS Sutherland fired four new Martlet missiles at a fast-moving speedboat off the Welsh coast to see whether the weapon could be launched from a ship as well as a helicopter. Martlet – also known as the Lightweight Multi-role … [Read more...]

Royal Navy and Royal Marines show their pride in London

Deafening cheers from a million-strong crowd followed sailors and Royal Marines as they showed their support for the LGBT+ community at Pride in London today. The streets of the capital were awash with colour and costumes as members of the UK armed forces and Ministry of Defence civilians joined the community celebration in their finest ceremonial uniforms. Dozens of … [Read more...]

Winners of Royal Navy photographic competition announced

      A series of astonishing pictures from emotional homecoming scenes to fiery explosions give a glimpse behind the scenes of the daring work carried out by Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines around the world. The impressive set of images showing operations, training, equipment and sport were all taken by Royal Navy sailors and marines to … [Read more...]

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