Category Archives: RN Destroyers

Royal Navy ready for Middle East mine clearance mission

A multinational mine countermeasures force led by the Royal Navy has reached the Middle East. RFA Lyme Bay and German warships, escorted by HMS Dragon, have passed safely through the Red Sea, though any clearance operation remains tied to political conditions. On completion of exercises off Cyprus, RFA Lyme Bay, now configured as an AfloatContinue reading “Royal Navy ready for Middle East mine clearance mission”

HMS Dragon and RFA Lyme Bay join German navy in Red Sea for maritime security operation

24th June 2026 at 12:55pm Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon and RFA Lyme Bay have arrived in the Red Sea alongside German Navy ships FGS Mosel and FGS Fulda. They are operating as part of a multinational task group deployed to help restart shipping through strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. Lyme Bay has been repurposed as aContinue reading “HMS Dragon and RFA Lyme Bay join German navy in Red Sea for maritime security operation”

HMS York (D98) Sheffield class type 42 destroyer

All hands on deck, and another in the sky as HMS Duncan gets a resupply from HMS Prince of Wales – video

Joe Hearn – 19th June 2026 at 2:34pm As Nato’s premier anti-submarine exercise in Northern Europe continues to gain momentum, attention briefly shifted from hunting submarines to sustaining the fleet as stores were transferred from HMS Prince of Wales to HMS Duncan. While at sea, vertical replenishment (VERTREP) – demonstrated in the video above byContinue reading “All hands on deck, and another in the sky as HMS Duncan gets a resupply from HMS Prince of Wales – video”

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Ardent (H41), an A-class ship launched in 1928.

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Ardent (H41), an A-class ship launched in 1928. Launched in 1929, the ship served during the Spanish Civil War and early World War II. The vessel was famously sunk on June 8, 1940, while defending the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious from German battlecruisers. It was equipped with 4.7-inch guns and torpedoContinue reading “Royal Navy destroyer HMS Ardent (H41), an A-class ship launched in 1928.”