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First MEWSIC Next Generation Electronic Warfare System for Royal Navy Ships Delivered
The Maritime Electronic Warfare System Integrated Capability (MEWSIC) will be integrated onto Type 26 and Type 31 frigates, ...
RMT and Nautilus unions end Royal Fleet Auxiliary dispute with plea for better resourced UK armed forces
The most significant aspect of the dispute was the refusal of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union leadership, long promoted as “militants” and “socialists”, to take any action to challenge the Gaza ...
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UK Royal Navy Declares Amphibious Merlin Fleet Fully Operational
LONDON—The UK Royal Navy has declared full operational capability (FOC) with its Leonardo AW/EH101 Merlin Mk. 4 fleet of ...
Royal Navy tugboat crews balloted for strike action
Royal Navy tugboat and marine services crews, some of whom move nuclear submarines, are being balloted for strike action amid ...
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Royal Navy tugboat crews vote in strike ballot
Royal Navy tug boat crews are being balloted for strike action amid claims they are being locked out of contract discussions. The crews, at Devonport, Portsmouth, Faslane, Greenock and Kyle of ...
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Royal Navy's Type 83 destroyer project will enter concept phase early next year
The Royal Navy's Type 83 destroyer project ... Since the release of the Defense Command Paper, earlier this year, the brief mention of a new British destroyer has prompted questions from the ...
Royal Canadian Navy reveals details about sailor who died in Halifax harbour
The Navy says two sailors were operating a rigid-hull inflatable boat in the harbour when it capsized in the Bedford Basin as ...
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Has the Royal Navy become too timid?
THE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in the Royal Navy: “Engage the enemy more closely”. But has the Nelsonian spirit ...