The new Defence Secretary, Penny Mordaunt, announced the fourth Dreadnought submarine as HMS King George VI ahead of a special service at Westminster Abbey to recognise the Royal Navy’s Continuous at Sea Deterrent (CASD) over the past 50 years. Since April 1969, a Royal Navy ballistic missile submarine has patrolled every ...
Armed Forces Minister Mark Lancaster witnessed the depth and breadth of the UK’s longstanding defence relationship with Estonia first-hand after his recent visit with deployed UK personnel. The Minister visited Royal Air Force Typhoons patrolling Baltic skies as part of the Alliance’s Baltic Air Policing mission, met with British Army personnel ...
US and UK naval leaders met in Washington DC to strengthen ties between the countries and discuss operations. Naval leaders First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Philip Jones of the UK and US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson discussed the relationship between the two navies and ongoing joint missions and training exercises. ...
The Royal Navy’s new hydrographic and geospatial headquarters have been opened in Somerset to switch to a digital service. The 11,00 square metre complex will gather hydrographic data from survey ships including HMS Protector in the Antarctic, HMS Scott largely in the Atlantic, HMS Echo and Enterprise all over the globe ...