In October 1786, Johnson received the royal warrant as Chaplain to the New South ... ‘There were eleven ships in all: Two Naval Ships, HMS Sirius commanded by the Captain of the Fleet Arthur Phillip, ...

Ministry of Defence undated handout photo of HMS ... the Royal Navy for HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, which were designed to allow Royal Marines to launch amphibious raids. The two assault ships ...

Extensive upgrades have been made to a Royal Navy ship as ... into the mid-2030s. The ship’s Commanding Officer, Commander James Wallington-Smith, said: “HMS Sutherland has benefitted from ...

Several potential customers have shown interest in buying two decommissioned assault ships although no final ... sale is being explored by the Royal Navy for HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, which ...

A new electronic warfare system is being rolled out ahead of being fitted to HMS Prince of Wales and HMS ... and future frigates - confuses anti-ship missiles. It swivels rapidly and adjusts ...

A Plymouth Royal Navy warship has been tracking one of Vladimir Putin’s spy ships operating around UK ... where it was flanked by Devonport-based HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne, a Royal Navy offshore ...

Image: HMS Somerset (bottom) flanking Russian ship Yantar near UK waters. File pic: Royal Navy/PA It is part of what British and American spy chiefs have described as a "reckless campaign of ...

A Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine was deployed to warn off a Russian spy ship operating in the English Channel, the government has revealed. The hunter-killer submarine surfaced close to the ...

where it had been shadowed by Royal Navy ships HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne. But he said it was the second time the Yantar had entered UK waters in recent months. “In November, the ship was also ...

A Royal Navy submarine surfaced just yards from a Russian spy ship in a dramatic show of force to protect British waters. The nuclear-powered HMS Astute emerged from the depths after the Kremlin ...