A sad end for HMS Active, sunk in Pakistan navy drill 

A sad end for HMS Active, which survived Falklands War battles, only to be used as target practice and sunk in Pakistan navy drill  HMS Active is a Type 21 frigate which was transferred to Pakistan in 1994 The frigate was sunk during a Pakistan navy drill in the North Arabian Sea   Type-21 Class frigate … Read more

Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is stranded for six months

Britain’s newest aircraft carrier will be stranded in Portsmouth until May next year after a second flood wrecked the vessel’s vital electrical systems. HMS Prince of Wales has been banned from setting sail from its home port on safety grounds after thousands of gallons of sea water poured into the vessel’s engine room for more … Read more

Royal Navy frigate HMS Lancaster arrives back at Portsmouth after shadowing Russian warships

A Royal Navy ship was given a hero’s welcome this morning as it returned to port in Portsmouth after shadowing and gatherings intelligence on Russian warships travelling around the UK.  HMS Lancaster returned to the naval base in Hampshire having completed a tour to the High North where it led a freedom of navigation operation, leading a multi-national task group … 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

H&M’s collaboration Kate Middleton’s approved brand The Vampire’s Wife sells out in just 24 hours

H&M’s collaboration with Kate Middleton’s approved dress brand The Vampire’s Wife has sold out in just 24 hours as shoppers compared buying pieces from the line with ‘getting a Glastonbury ticket’.   The British label, which was launched by former model Suzie Cave in 2014, is famed for pretty prairie dresses infused with a dose of … Read more

HMS Prince of Wales springs an engine room leak

Scuppered! Britain’s £3.1bn aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has a 3ft water leak in its engine room — its second deluge in the past five months HMS Prince of Wales suffered a leak in the £3.1-billion vessel’s engine room  It is the second time the  new aircraft carrer has suffered a leak this year … 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 missile attacks on the massive aircraft carrier, which at 930ft long is the joint biggest in the Royal Navy’s history. The jets … 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