One of Britain’s new £3billion aircraft carriers could be sent to the Far East under new plans drawn up by military chiefs, reports today suggest. The class leading HMS Queen Elizabeth is expected to visit the region during its maiden grand voyage next year. The aircraft carrier is set to be involved in joint military … Read more
Royal Navy frigate HMS Westminster shadows Russian warship as it sails through English Channel HMS Westminster monitored the passage of the Russian warship on Sunday Passage of warships through English Channel are routinely monitored Commanding officer said the warship conducted itself in ‘safe’ manner By Sophie Tanno For Mailonline Published: 18:07 BST, 21 June 2020 | … Read more
The Dambusters join Big Lizzie! F35B Lightning jets from historic squadron land on £3bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for first time F-35 Lightning Jets have landed on HMS Queen Elizabeth as ‘Dambusters’ squadron join the aircraft carrier The jets from 617 Squadron landed on board the 65,000-tonne warship off the coast of Portsmouth The … Read more
Windsor Castle staff tending to the Queen in ‘HMS Bubble’ are forced to spend a week in isolation and pass a coronavirus test before each three-week shift begins. The monarch, 94, went into self-isolation at the Berkshire estate nine weeks ago alongside her husband Prince Philip, 98, who moved from Sandringham amid the pandemic. They are joined … Read more
We are bailing! Video shows water pouring in to £3billion HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier after sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth suffered the same fate A pipe leaked on the HMS Prince of Wales on Friday at Portsmouth Naval Base A video on the Facebook group Jackspeak shows the warship’s ankle-high flood This comes … Read more
Royal Navy warship HMS Kent joins American destroyers USS Donald Cook and USS Porter and in the Arctic for cold-weather training HMS Kent joined two US Destroyers and an American nuclear submarine on a Arctic training mission The Duke Class Frigate, which is based at Portsmouth, is equipped with a Merlin helicopter The training exercise … Read more
Twenty two royal staff have sacrificed their home lives to stay isolated at Windsor Castle and serve Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip for the duration of the coronavirus lockdown. A memo issued to staff from the master of the household Tony Johnstone-Burt, 62, a former Royal Navy Officer called the mission to protect the Queen … Read more
A new collection of artifacts have been pulled from the wreckage of the HMS Erebus, an English ship that became trapped by sea ice in the Canadian Arctic in 1846, leaving its 128-person crew to die under still mysterious circumstances. The artifacts were retrieved by a team of divers from Parks Canada’s underwater archaeology team, … Read more