Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, has visited Scotland’s military personnel at Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HNMB) Clyde. The base, which is one of Scotland’s largest employment sites, will be home to 8200 jobs and all the Royal Navy’s submarines by 2022. The Minister met with personnel from the Royal Navy’s submarine ...
HMS Daring, a Type 45 destroyer, has been providing protection to merchant vessels and other Royal Navy ships passing through the Bab al-Mandeb strait. The Portsmouth-based warship is equipped to tackle possible air and surface threats with her combination of surveillance radars and Sea Viper missiles. As part of its duties, HMS ...
The Royal Navy was pressed into action as it fired flares at a Spanish research vessel entering Gibraltar’s waters. The research vessel, Angeles Alvarino, failed to respond to attempts by the HMS Sabre to contact it by radio. It was in the area investigating geological risks to the seabed and left ...
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced that the first steel will be cut on the Navy’s next-generation frigates next summer. During a visit to BAE’s Govan shipbuilding yard, the Defence Secretary confirmed that work on the hull of the first of eight Type 26 Global Combat Ships will begin next summer. Work ...