HMS Bellerophon – known fondly as the Billy Ruffian – was a Third 74-gun ship of the line with one of the most extraordinary careers of any warship in the great age of sail. She was the first ship to ...

Engineers at Babcock International are recycling HMS Swiftsure after she was decommissioned. A major milestone has been reached, with the vessel’s fin being removed at the company’s facility ...

Britain's aircraft carrier fleet is set to receive a significant boost in firepower amidst rising global tensions, hinting at the possibility of WW3. The Queen Elizabeth-class carriers are being ...

Common warm-up movements include thread the needles, quadruped hip rocks, lunges with overhead reach and Cossack squats. Actually recover on rest days. 'Rest days don't mean you’re lazy – they ...

The pilot of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade used an AGM-88 HARM missile on a Russian air defense installation, causing its ammunition to detonate. “A Cossack on a Su-27, carrying out a cover ...

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The Royal Navy pounced on a drug runner in the Middle East, seizing more than 1½ tonnes of illegal narcotics worth £30m. After secretly shadowing the suspect through the Arabian Sea for more than 24 ...

Defence company Babcock has hailed a “major milestone” for the UK’s defence capability as the first Type 31 frigate HMS Venturer emerged at the company’s Rosyth site. The 5,700 tonne ...

Operations are set to commence in H2 2026. Credit: Borealis. Borealis, a polymer solutions provider, has made an investment exceeding €100m ($113.6m) for a new high melt strength polypropylene (HMS PP ...

A formal supersession took place today in the historic setting of HMS Victory’s Great Cabin, in Portsmouth. He was joined by Acting Chief of Naval Staff, Second Sea Lord Vice Admiral Sir Martin ...

and the destroyer HMS Cossack. The Royal Navy’s HMS Hermione had a cat named Convoy that would sleep on the captain’s cap before every successful escort mission, becoming a good luck symbol for the ...

Today 25 May marks 43 years since the HMS Coventry sank during the Falklands War - a conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina. To mark the anniversary we've taken a look back at the ...