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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, ...
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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 ...
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Retired Royal Navy officer, 65, died from rare condition in front of horrified wife while scuba-diving in Indonesia, inquest hears
A retired Royal Navy officer died with 'panic in his eyes' in front of his horrified wife while scuba-diving in Indonesia, an inquest has heard. Robert Bolton had been on a dream cruise with his ...
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’s first MEWSIC system enters final test phase
The system will be fitted on Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, Type 45 destroyers, and the upcoming Type 26/31 frigates.
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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 attack submarine warned off Russian spy ship from UK waters
A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.
London Evening Standard22d
Royal Navy submarine surfaces close to Russian spy ship in British waters sending it packing
RAF maritime patrol aircraft were deployed, as were two Royal Navy warships and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s Proteus to follow it. “Today, I also wanted to confirm to the House that I ...
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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 ...
The Economist28d
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 ...
The National Interest16d
The Royal Navy’s Final Astute-class Submarine Is Being Renamed—And Britons Aren’t Happy
There will be no quotes from William Shakespeare’s play Henry V used as the motto for the Royal Navy’s seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The boat, which is now under ...
London Evening Standard22d
Royal Navy submarine used to warn off Russian spy ship loitering over cables
A Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine was used to warn off one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spy ships operating around UK waters. The hunter-killer submarine was ordered to surface ...