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Royal Navy’s new counter-piracy warship HMS Trent sets sail for the Mediterranean to join Nato forces on mission to hunt international terrorists and criminal gangs Royal Navy warship HMS Trent sets sail from Portsmouth to join Nato in the Med Friends and family of the crew had to watch proceedings online due to Covid-19 The ship will … Read more
Navy’s two aircraft carriers do not have enough supply ships to keep them stocked with food and ammunition, experts warn Just one vessel is able to supply the Navy’s biggest ever warships on operations Labour’s Meg Hillier said the Navy could now end up with a ‘hollowed-out’ force Officials are now seeking new ways to … Read more
The Royal Navy’s newest super carrier is causing uproar in its home port because its noisy engines are keeping people awake at night with ‘incessant noise pollution’. The £3.1billion HMS Prince of Wales is running its massive diesel generators instead of being hooked up to a land-based power supply. The 65,000-tonne ship returned to Portsmouth … Read more
Thousands of sailors are evacuated from French Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle as 50 test positive for Covid-19 after NATO drills with allies including a British warship 2,100 sailors will be taken into isolation after the vessel docked in port of Toulon The ship cut short its mission in the Mediterranean and the … Read more
A £1.6billion nuclear-powered submarine dubbed the ‘most capable ever built’ for the Royal Navy has been pictured setting sail for the first time. HMS Audacious, one of seven Astute-class attack subs being built by BAE Systems, departed Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, on Tuesday for its maiden journey. The ultra-advanced warship, said to ‘set a new standard in … Read more
Royal Navy’s newest and greenest warship HMS Tamar with technology that cuts diesel emissions by 90 per cent arrives at its Portsmouth home HMS Tamar has arrived at its Portsmouth Naval Base for the first time It is the fourth of five new offshore patrol vessels built in Glasgow shipyards The ship and its crew … Read more
Military and medical staff on board the US Navy’s lead hospital ship, ‘Mercy’, are making preparations to take on as many as 1,000 non-coronavirus patients while docked in Los Angeles. The former super oil tanker left its home port in San Diego earlier this week to help free up beds on the mainland in the … Read more