All news on the topic: Royal Navy

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Five more years of Tories is 'greatest risk' to British defence, warns Labour
Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey will highlight Tory cuts to the military as he addresses Labour activists at the party's annual conference in Liverpool on Monday
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Fears 55 Chinese sailors dead as submarine 'caught in trap targeting US and UK'
The deaths are said to be the result of poisoning due to a system fault on the submarine as China was reportedly denied any international help for the underwater vessel
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Rishi Sunak torpedoes Defence Secretary's plan to send British troops to Ukraine
The PM slapped down Defence Secretary Grant Shapps after he said he was holding talks with Army chiefs about moving a British-led training programme for Ukrainian troops to the war zone
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Sailor who shot girlfriend walks free from court - due to job on UK warship job
18-year old Harvey Moore was refused a community service order despite admitting to four counts of assault by beating and could return to work on HMS Prince of Wales
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Royal Navy ships may be sent to Black Sea to clear mines from Russia-Ukraine war
The head of the Senior Service, First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key, said while NATO vessels were not currently operating in the waters, 'I don’t rule anything in or out'
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Royal Navy ships scrambled to shadow more than 100 Russian warships in two years
British naval vessels have been summoned to escort Kremlin ships through UK waters dozens of times since 2021, according to a written parliamentary answer
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Queen enjoyed 'thrill' of nearly being thrown off horse in first ever polo game
At the age of 24, the then princess Elizabeth wrote to Horace Smith, the horse riding instructor who taught her and Princess Margaret as children during her time living in Malta
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William and Kate named Prince Louis after the Royal Family's 'secret weapon'
The Prince and Princess of Wales decided to name their youngest child after a legendary member of the Royal Family who was also known as the 'secret weapon' - and was a mentor to King Charles
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Boatyard boss aims to bring heroic Dunkirk ship Count Dracula back from the dead
The vessel was part of the 800-strong flotilla which helped 300,000 stricken soldiers escape the clutches of Adolf Hitler in 1940, and now a bid is underway to restore it
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Dame Kelly Holmes joins LGBT+ veterans in welcoming Rishi Sunak apology
The Prime Minister and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace both made apologies in the House of Commons for the shameful treatment of troops under the military gay ban
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Should Prince George join armed forces before becoming King - vote
Prince George will not be expected to join the armed forces before taking the throne - breaking a centries-old tradition - and we want to know if YOU agree with the decision. Vote in our poll to have your say
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Royal Navy technician sues Ministry of Defence after he loses eye in accident
The helicopter antennae plunged into Elliott Courtman's eye and, as the 27-year-old man suffered such a penetrating injury, surgeons had to remove it
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Rishi Sunak apologises to LGBT veterans for 'horrific' historical treatment
The Prime Minister followed the recommendation of a Government-commissioned review and issued an apology to troops who suffered bullying and were booted out of the military over their sexuality
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Royal Navy sailor 'punched female colleague in face five times' after leaving do
Petty Officer James Brown, 45, allegedly threw a 'hard punch' then hit Leading Hand Gemma Brice 'repeatedly' four times as a late-night brawl broke out between sailors
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People living near the UK's worst roundabout describe is 'hell on earth'
People living near the Army and Navy junction in Chelmsford, Essex, have described what it's like to live near the hectic roundabout which is used by up to 70,000 cars a day
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Rishi Sunak urges NATO allies to pump more cash into defence
The PM also took a swipe at the alliance's 'out of date' spending reports showing the percentage spent by Britain is due to drop from 2.16% in 2022 to 2.07% in 2023
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Rishi Sunak calls for 'progress' on Ukraine's bid to join NATO as leaders meet
The Prime Minister called on alliance chiefs to show Kyiv’s bid had moved forward since the organisation first agreed in principle in Bucharest in 2008 that Ukraine could one day join the alliance
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Cost of UK defence projects rocketed by £9billion in just a year, report shows
The analysis comes as the Prime Minister prepares for this week's NATO summit in Vilnius where the war in Ukraine is expected to top the agenda
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Rishi Sunak 'to be urged to say sorry' to LGBT+ forces veterans over report
The study is said to include accounts of troops being given electric-shock conversion therapy and intrusive medical examinations amid witch hunts of people suspected of being gay
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West's backing for Ukraine has hit Russian military 'without NATO firing a shot'
British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey pointed to the Kremlin's losses as evidence of how NATO's support for Kyiv had harmed Russian forces without the alliance needing to fire weapons
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Mum of tragic cancer patient makes incredible vow in her daughter's name
Nicola Nuttall, whose daughter Laura died five weeks ago, is calling on MPs to back an Early Day Motion in Laura’s memory calling for more funding to beat the disease
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OceanGate CEO admitted sub was made with carbon fibre from plane past shelf life
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush reportedly said that the carbon fibre used for the vessel's hull came at a "big discount" from Boeing as it was past its aeroplane shelf life
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Horrifying vids show what may have happened during Titanic sub’s 'implosion’
The "catastrophic implosion" of the OceanGate Titan sub, which went missing on a trip to the shipwreck of the Titanic, would have happened within milliseconds with death being practically instantaneous for those on board
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Brit's chilling final post before vanishing during English Channel charity swim
Iain Hughes spent two years training for a 21 mile swim across the English Channel but tragically never reached his destination with French authorities calling off the search
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Titanic sub outlook 'bleak' says ex-Navy captain as rescue bid turns to salvage
A former Royal Navy submarine captain tells media that the situation is 'bleak' for those aboard the doomed submersible that ventured to the Titanic as the search-and-rescue begins to turn into a salvage mission