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UK’s Lyme Bay Continues Preparations for Potential Hormuz Mission
The UK Royal Navy (RN) support ship RFA Lyme Bay is continuing preparations to support potential requirements to deploy to the Middle East, in the
4 June 2026
The UK Royal Navy (RN) support ship RFA Lyme Bay is continuing preparations to support potential requirements to deploy to the Middle East, in the
The UK Royal Navy (RN) Type 45 air-defence destroyer HMS Dragon has integrated into the French Navy’s FS Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group (CSG),
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is maximising frigate availability through developing its approach to maintenance and operations, the service has told Naval News. The details
The UK is re-deploying its Type 45 air-defence destroyer HMS Dragon to the Middle East, to pre-position the ship in preparation for any potential multinational
The UK’s outfitting of its Bay-class auxiliary vessel RFA Lyme Bay as a naval mine warfare (NMW) ‘mothership’ carrying uncrewed systems for the mine-hunting role
The UK Royal Navy (RN) Chief has announced plans for a new naval collaboration construct designed to build combat power and conventional deterrence around Northern
The Seabed Warfare Observatory (L’Observatoire Maîtrise des Fonds Marins, or MFM) has been set up within the strategic research support structure established by the Directorate
The UK has revealed it is ready to act against Russian ‘shadow fleet’ shipping sailing in UK waters, including boarding and detaining ships if required.
Thales has launched a new mission capability package designed to help navies in their respective transitions towards delivering ‘hybrid’, crewed/uncrewed, mine warfare operational outputs. While
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is assessing how to prepare its strategic thinking and operational outputs across the short, medium, and longer terms, as it
