GUNFACTS is a warning service providing information to mariners of practice firing intentions by military units. This is an information service only and poses no restriction on the passage of any ...

Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Spey joined Commonwealth allies in a demonstration of resolve and unity in Southeast Asia. With her distinctive dazzle paintwork, the Portsmouth-based warship – one of two ...

A variety of sailing procedures and manoeuvres were practised by vessels tasked with protecting Gibraltar territorial waters. HMS Dagger and HMS Cutlass, of the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron, joined a ...

One of the Navy’s biggest tankers is coming to the end of a hectic two-month mission providing vital support to UK and NATO warships in the North Atlantic. Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Tidesurge has ...

Cold War warriors were invited to look around veteran submarine HMS Swiftsure before breakers set to work on her. More than 40 veterans were invited to Rosyth for one last look at the retired ...

Forty sailors have returned to their home islands in the Caribbean for an emotional ten-day thank-you for its continued support for the Royal Navy. They will take part in ceremonial events, join ...

1. Mariners are advised that from 0800-1600 11-15 Nov 24, trial works will be taking place on the QinetiQ Range in Loch Goil. 2. This activity will take place within the confines of the "Experimental ...

1. The 5 temporary unlit orange special marks that had been secured to ground tackle on very loose rope risers between W and V Trots in the southern part of the Fareham channel within Portsmouth ...

Commandos have guided F-35 stealth fighters on a live bombing run during a major exercise in the North Sea. Garvie Island – a rocky outcrop off Cape Wrath at the north-west tip of Scotland – was hit ...

New Zealand has thanked the Royal Navy for its help responding to the sinking of their survey/support ship off Samoa. HMNZS Manawanui vessel ran aground while mapping waters around a reef on October 5 ...

A Royal Navy helicopter crew who faced down the Houthi missile threat to Red Sea shipping have been singled out for their bravery. Destroyer HMS Diamond came under repeated and sustained attacks from ...

Able Rate (AB) Will Matthews set himself the challenge of running 16 marathons in 13 days, covering the distance from Scotland to Portsmouth, to raise money for his mother’s cancer treatment. AB ...