Type 23 frigates – the Duke Class – have been the workhorse of the Royal Navy since their introduction in the late 1980s. The ships were originally designed to hunt Soviet submarines.

where it was flanked by Devonport-based HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne, a Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel based in Portsmouth. Defence Secretary John Healey gave details about the activities of the ...

A link between a Royal Navy warship and Oxfordshire will be formalised after senior county councillors approved it. HMS Diamond, which is based in Portsmouth, is a Type 45 destroyer and has 240 ...

Thousands of people will be flocking to a Royal Navy base this Summer as the early bird tickets for an annual open day have been announced. HMS Collingwood in Fareham will be opening its doors to ...

Still to come in the five-ship class are HMS Bulldog and finally Campbeltown. Categories: Politics , International . Tags: Frigate Type 31 , HMS Active , HMS Formidable , HMS Venturer , Royal Navy .

The Royal Navy is exploring options to sell both HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark in a government to government sale. Several potential customers have shown interest, but no final decisions have been ...

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 ...

“For the last two days the Royal Navy has deployed HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne to monitor the vessel every minute through our waters. “I changed the Royal Navy’s rules of engagement so that ...

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 ...