The latest specialist minehunting ship left Birkenhead last month to conduct sea trials and some training off the west coast of England and Scotland as the vessel begins its journey to front-line ...

In June 2025, the British Royal Navy dispatched a fleet of warships and helicopters to track a Russian vessel as it transited the English Channel and North Sea. One of the vessels sent to monitor the ...

ORKNEY, Scotland (WBAY) - The wreckage of a ship dating back to 1749 has now been identified, after spending hundreds of years buried beneath the sand. This pile of wood, first seen in 2024 on the ...

Great Britain, unsurprisingly for an island nation that sees a legendary amount of rain, has quite the water affinity. There's just no separating the British from their seafaring heritage, as has been ...

The UK Navy issued a rare warning to mariners that higher tensions in the Middle East could impact shipping, including through the Strait of Hormuz. “UKMTO has been made aware of increased tensions ...

Exchange between HMS Duncan and USS Wasp (Royal Navy Photo) Seven sailors from HMS Duncan got a ‘Top Gun’ experience when they sampled life on U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp during ...

The names, hull numbers, and abbreviations that come before a warship's name have been going on for centuries, making the tradition of naming a ship, in a word — complicated. For instance, ships in ...