“Lyness, the former Royal Navy base in Scapa Flow, has a smaller pier but one that is also expected to support offshore wind. There are 20 hectares of land under harbour and council ownership ...

Islanders mark the tragedy each October, while RN vessels visiting Scapa Flow pay their respects and naval divers ... reminder” of a tragic event in both Orkney’s and the Royal Navy’s history. He ...

Though it is unclear who may have carried out the sabotage, there is already speculation that Russia—or actors working at its ...

MPs heard a government-to-government sale is being explored by the Royal Navy for HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, which were designed to allow Royal Marines to launch amphibious raids. The two assault ...

A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.

RAF maritime patrol aircraft were deployed, as were two Royal Navy warships and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s Proteus to follow it. “Today, I also wanted to confirm to the House that I ...

A Royal Navy warship has been tracking a Russian convoy in the English Channel as it carries military equipment back from their former bases in Syria. Over the past six month, HMS Iron Duke has ...

A Royal Navy submarine has been used to warn off Russian spy ships operating around British waters. Defence Secretary John Healey gave details about the activities of the Yantar, which he said the ...

A Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine was used to warn off one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spy ships operating around UK waters. The hunter-killer submarine was ordered to surface ...

A Royal Navy submarine surfaced just yards from a Russian spy ship in a dramatic show of force to protect British waters. The nuclear-powered HMS Astute emerged from the depths after the Kremlin ...

The Royal Canadian Navy says a sailor has died in the Bedford Basin after a boat capsized. The Navy says two sailors were operating a rigid-hull inflatable boat in the Halifax-area bay when it ...