Royal Navy

Dec- 2024 -

17 December

Sea

HMS Triumph, the last of the Trafalgar Class submarines still in service has arrived at HMNB Devonport for the last time before her decommissioning. The Boat gracefully transited across Plymouth Sound escorted by tugs boats and following-on craft from the Naval Base, after travelling down from HMNB Clyde submarine base in Scotland, where she had been operating from. HMS Triumph was laid down at Barrow Shipyard in February 1987 and commissioned less than five years later in October 1991, the last of the seven Trafalgar class submarines constructed for the Royal Navy. The current HMS Triumph is the tenth vessel and the second submarine to bear the name. The first Triumph was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561, and was the largest Ship built in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. A square-rigged galleon of four masts, she served as the flagship of Admiral Frobisher during the battles of the Spanish Amarda.

Final British Trafalgar Submarine Sails to Plymouth for Decommissioning

The Royal Navy’s remaining Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine has arrived at its homeport in Plymouth for decommissioning.

2 December

Sea

An uncrewed Pacific 24 rigid inflatable boat was remotely controlled from Royal Navy experimentation ship XV Patrick Blackett while the pair sailed off the coast of Portsmouth.

Giulia Bernacchi

Royal Navy Tests Crewless Boat for First Time in UK

The Royal Navy has tested its Pacific 24 rigid-inflatable craft in autonomous and remote navigation modes in the Solent for the first time.

Nov- 2024 -

29 November

Sea

Pictured: Type 26 Frigate HMS Cardiff being moved to Loch Long. HMS Cardiff, the second of the Royal Navys new City Class Type 26 frigates, was loaded onto a giant barge last week. The ship, which weighs almost 7,000 tonnes, sailed down the River Clyde on Friday, August 30 to Loch Long, where she will be lowered into the water for the first time at Glen Mallan. Once HMS Cardiff is in the water, she will make her way back up the Clyde to BAE Systems yard at Scotstoun where the work to fit the warship out will be completed. Currently Scottish shipyards have orders to build 13 Royal Navy frigates, with the Type 31 vessels being built by Babcock at Rosyth on the east coast, and the Type 26 ships being constructed by BAE Systems on the Clyde.

Rojoef Manuel

BAE Systems Begins Assembly of Fifth British Type 26 Frigate

BAE Systems has cut the first steel of the UK Royal Navy’s fifth Type 26 City-class frigate in Scotland, formalizing the start of the vessel’s construction.

28 November

Land

Rolls-Royce and UK Ministry of Defence leaders cut ribbon of a a submarine support office in Glasgow

Rojoef Manuel

New Rolls-Royce Scotland Facility to Support UK Submarine Programs

Rolls-Royce has launched a new center in Glasgow, Scotland to support the Royal Navy’s submarine programs.

22 November

Europe

Joe Saballa

UK to Phase Out Warships, Choppers, and Drones in Sweeping Defense Cuts

The UK has unveiled plans to decommission Royal Navy warships, helicopters, and drones to free up budget for other key defense initiatives.

4 November

Europe

Inder Singh Bisht

Royal Navy Demos First Air-to-Air Shoot Down of Drone

The Royal Navy has demonstrated the downing of a pilotless aircraft from a manned helicopter for the first time.

Oct- 2024 -

29 October

Land

Rojoef Manuel

Royal Navy to Renovate Merlin Helicopter Fleet Base in Cornwall

The Royal Navy has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a project to revamp its primary Merlin anti-submarine warfare helicopter fleet base in Cornwall, England.

11 October

Sea

Rendering of the UK Royal Navy's Inspiration-class (Type 31) frigate

Rojoef Manuel

Babcock Cuts Steel of Third British Inspiration Frigate

Babcock has begun construction of the UK Royal Navy’s third future Inspiration-class (Type 31) frigate at its Rosyth shipyard in Scotland.

10 October

Europe

Inder Singh Bisht

Royal Navy Wildcat Helicopter Fires Sea Venom Missile for First Time

The Royal Navy has conducted the first guided test firing of the air-launched Sea Venom anti-ship missile.

10 October

Sea

Joe Saballa

AUKUS Partners Test Ability to Control Ships From 10,000 Miles Away

The navies of AUKUS partners Australia, the UK, and the US recently tested their ability to remotely operate unmanned vessels from more than 10,000 miles away.

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