A number of Royal Navy sailors have fallen ill aboard the HMS Portland and been taken to hospital after drinking contaminated water. The warship returned to the Portsmouth naval base today after a ...
Commanders of Royal Navy supply ships are set to strike for the first time and it prompting fears sailors could be stranded abroad. Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) officers can take industrial action ...
The Royal Navy has seized more than £33 million worth of illegal drugs in the Middle East after two busts inside 24 hours. HMS Lancaster intercepted smugglers in the Indian Ocean who were trying ...
There are many excellent books on the Royal Navy, but three general volumes have been particularly helpful in making this series. Ben Wilson's "Empire of the Deep" is wonderfully written, covering ...
Royal Navy recruits are no longer required to prove they can swim, in a move which critics have blasted as a 'desperate' relaxing of standards. Future applicants will be able to 'self-declare' if ...
COMMANDERS of the Royal Navy’s supply ships have voted to strike for the first time — threatening to leave thousands of sailors and Marines stranded. The walkout by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ...
Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines have been undergoing final rehearsals ahead of the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London. Warrant Officer Darren “Eddie” Wearing, state ...
Civilian sailors on the Royal Navy's support fleet have for the first time voted for strike action over a significant erosion in pay in a move that could impact UK security. A union representing ...
New Haven, Yale University Press, 2023. Pp. xx, 426. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $35.00. ISBN: 0300238274 British Sea Power in the Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon As Britain was in ...
Civilian sailors on the Royal Navy's support fleet have for the first time voted for strike action over a significant erosion in pay in a move that could impact UK security. A union representing ...