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Jan- 2025 -

24 January

Sea

UK Agrees $11 Billion Nuclear Submarine Deal With Rolls-Royce

Britain's government announced a deal with engine-maker Rolls-Royce to support the Royal Navy's fleet of nuclear submarines, seen as boosting economic growth and national security.

24 January

Sea

Images show members of the Royal Navy Gibraltar Dive Clearance Team training of Western Beach, Gibraltar. Photo: UK Royal Navy

Rojoef Manuel

British, Moroccan Navies Practice Tactical Diving Ops in Gibraltar

The UK Royal Navy and the Royal Moroccan Navy have conducted a joint tactical diving demonstration in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.

23 January

Europe

Inder Singh Bisht

French Navy Receives First Marine Mine-Hunter Drone

The French Navy has received its first mine warfare surface drone as part of the Future Mine Countermeasures System program.

21 January

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Hugin Superior unmanned underwater system

Rojoef Manuel

AUKUS Navies Trial Hugin Drone for Underwater Missions

The UK Royal Navy has partnered with its US and Australian counterparts to assess the Hugin Superior autonomous system’s effectiveness in underwater warfare.

17 January

Europe

Joe Saballa

UK Plans to Sell Two Royal Navy Warships, Brazil Tipped as Likely Buyer

The British government is considering the sale of two aging Royal Navy warships to free up funds for its defense modernization projects.

8 January

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Illustration of Proteus flying over the sea

Christine Casimiro

Leonardo, UK Debut Uncrewed Rotorcraft ‘Proteus’ Demonstrator Design

The UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), Royal Navy, and Leonardo have unveiled the design of “Proteus,” an uncrewed rotorcraft demonstrator.

Dec- 2024 -

26 December

Europe

Joe Saballa

Despite Salary Hike, Many Soldiers Leave British Military: Report

The UK is experiencing an alarmingly high attrition rate in its armed forces, with many soldiers continuing to leave the service despite a salary increase.

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.

Rojoef Manuel

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.

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