Royal Navy warship HMS Tyne shadows Russian vessel off Scotland

Royal Navy warship intercepts Russian spy vessel and submarine as Putin’s navy enters British waters three times in a month Patrol ship HMS Tyne has kept close watch on Viktor Leonov and Sergey Osipov Have been sailing around Moray Firth, where they sheltered from Storm Aiden Tyne is part of Task Force One, which protects the … Read more

Royal Navy warship HMS Tyne shadows Russian vessel off Scotland

Royal Navy warship HMS Tyne shadows Russian intelligence gathering vessel and her supporting tanker in UK waters off north west coast of Scotland Patrol ship HMS Tyne has kept close watch on Viktor Leonov and Sergey Osipov Have been sailing around Moray Firth, where they sheltered from Storm Aiden Tyne is part of Task Force One, … Read more

HMS Queen Elizabeth returns to Portsmouth after North Sea brush with Russian bombers

The Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has returned to base after two Russian bombers headed straight towards it while it was part of exercises in the North Sea. Hundreds of families and well-wishers lined the harbour walls to welcome home the 65,000-tonne warship as it sailed into Portsmouth Naval Base. Earlier on Thursday, the … Read more

Royal Navy’s ‘bad guy’ jets ‘attack’ HMS Queen Elizabeth in exercise

Dramatic video shows Royal Navy jets ‘attacking’ HMS Queen Elizabeth in an exercise as the £3billion aircraft carrier’s crew test their defences. Cockpit footage shows the Navy’s Hawk jet maritime aggressor squadron simulating ‘bad guy’ missile attacks on the massive aircraft carrier, which at 930ft long is the joint biggest in the Royal Navy’s history. … Read more

HMS Queen Elizabeth leads flotilla of ships as new carrier strike group assembles for first time

These images show Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth leading the largest and most powerful task force assembled by a European Navy in almost 20 years. The £3billion aircraft carrier – the joint largest in the Royal Navy’s history – was the crown jewel in a flotilla of nine ships which form the UK’s new Carrier Strike … Read more

HMS Queen Elizabeth leads flotilla of ships as new carrier strike group assembles for first time

These images show Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth leading the largest and most powerful task force assembled by a European Navy in almost 20 years. The £3billion aircraft carrier – the joint largest in the Royal Navy’s history – was the crown jewel in a flotilla of nine ships which form the UK’s new Carrier Strike … Read more

Falklands flagship HMS Hermes reaches final destination where she will be turned into scrap metal

Falklands flagship HMS Hermes reaches her final destination – a breakers’ yard where she will be turned into scrap metal Veteran aircraft carrier HMS Hermes has made her final voyage to the scrapheap She was the flagship of the British fleet during the Falklands war in 1982 Hermes carried up to 21 Harrier jets, five Sea … Read more

Falklands flagship HMS Hermes reaches final destination where she will be turned into scrap metal

Falklands flagship HMS Hermes reaches her final destination – a breakers’ yard where she will be turned into scrap metal Veteran aircraft carrier HMS Hermes has made her final voyage to the scrapheap She was the flagship of the British fleet during the Falklands war in 1982 Hermes carried up to 21 Harrier jets, five Sea … Read more