Category Archives: All Royal Navy – RN

The Vanguard-class submarine reportedly spent 204 days under the waves. By James Knuckey 18:59, Tue, Mar 18, 2025 | UPDATED: 18:59, Tue, Mar 18, 2025 HMS Vanguard spent 204 days at sea, according to reports (Image: Getty) Submariners have returned from what is believed to be the longest deployment of a nuclear-armed submarine in Royal Navy history. A Vanguard-class boat reportedlyContinue reading “Nuclear submarine ‘breaks Royal Navy’s longest patrol record’ – 204 days at sea”

March 18, 2025 https://www.navylookout.com/hms-somerset-and-hms-cattistock-monitor-another-convoy-of-russian-ships-passing-through-the-english-channel/ Yesterday Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset and minehunter HMS Cattistock, together with an RAF aircraft, monitored a Russian convoy of two warships and two merchant vessels passing close to the UK. On Sunday RFA Tideurge shadowed the Russian destroyer RFS Severomorsk heading west through the Channel. The destroyer later met upContinue reading “HMS Somerset and HMS Cattistock monitor another convoy of Russian ships passing through the English Channel”

11th March 2025 at 11:46am In a first for the legendary Field Gun Competition, gunners from all variations of the naval contest have gathered in Portsmouth to celebrate 125 years since the event that inspired it.  The heroic actions of sailors during the 119-day Siege of Ladysmith during the Boer War became part of nationalContinue reading “Royal Navy celebrates 125 years of epic and legendary field gun battles”