Two contracts to service the Royal Navy’s domestic and international offshore patrol vessel fleets will cost £320 million, the Ministry of Defence has announced. An eight-year contract worth about £250 million has been awarded to UK Docks Marine ...

The Royal Navy has intercepted a Russian warship in the English Channel amid what the Ministry of Defence says is a sharp rise in Moscow's naval activity close to British waters. According to officials, UK patrol vessel HMS Severn shadowed the Russian ...

A sailing vessel is stranded after it ran aground entering the MOD Shoebury range sea area. Overnight, the vessel entered the area, ran aground and is now stranded in a prohibited danger area while the range operates. A spokesman for MOD Shoebury said: "We ...

MoD seeks to develop a new generation of unmanned sea drones able to attack submarines and launch missile attacks on enemy vessels, it is claimed. HMS Montrose takes part in Nato's counter piracy mission Operation Ocean Shield off the Horn of Africa Credit ...

Russia has deployed a submarine and other naval vessels to escort an empty, ageing oil tanker that has been trying to evade the U.S. blockade near Venezuela, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday,