Modern Royal Navy

Report on HMS TAMAR's visit to Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬. British sailors have landed in the nation’s capital, disembarking from ship at a dock in downtown Port Moresby. The British High Commission has been on hand to welcome her @png_hausbung #RoyalNavy pnghausbung.com/uk-navy-ship-d…

HMS TAMAR is front page news in the Solomon Islands 🇸🇧. Comprising over 900 islands, the nation is an archipelago in Melanesia, northeast of Australia. Home to roughly 800,000 people, the largest city is Honiara, located on the island of Guadalcanal @ModernNavy #RoyalNavy

HMS TAMAR CO, Commander Tom Lindsey, speaking to the Solomon Islands media said Pacific nations continue to face growing maritime security challenges, including illegal fishing and narcotics smuggling @TheIslandSun @ModernNavy #RoyalNavy theislandsun.com.sb/uk-warship-com…

HMS TAMAR visits Port Morsby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬, 26 May 2026. This is her second official visit since she was deployed to the Indo-Pacific region @ModernNavy #RoyalNavy Via #FrontlinePacific

Future Warfare Magazine summary of large USV progress in light of Navantia UK's concept reveal. Big question is will Project Cabot's ambitious 4-year timetable for Atlantic Net and Bastion Atlantic be thwarted by serious Defence Investment Plan delays fw-mag.com/shownews/1092/…

The US has carried out military strikes in southern Iran in what it described as defensive action to protect US troops. @CENTCOM said US forces had targeted missile launch sites and boats attempting to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz @thetimes #IranWar archive.is/2026.05.26-003…

Navantia UK's LASV75 autonomous warship concept is linked to the Royal Navy’s proposed Type 92 programme, which envisions a fleet of autonomous vessels patrolling the North Atlantic to improve continuous maritime coverage @MarineInsight #HybridNavy marineinsight.com/new-autonomous…

HMS Anson (S123) Astute-class attack submarine off of Plymouth, England - May 25, 2026 SRC: X-@RfaNostalgia

The Red Arrows will need a new jet by 2030 — and the race to replace the Hawk T1 is now wide open With one British contender collapsing into administration, manufacturers across Europe are now competing to power the RAF's next generation display team🔗forcesnews.com/services/raf/w…

Inside Ukraine's secret drone factories What began as an improvised wartime effort has evolved into one of the world's fastest-growing military drone industries. A Ukrainian official says Kyiv now leads NATO in battlefield innovation @FoxNews #UkraineWar share.google/4rWNGAgZFJweR9…

Ex Arrcade Strike is a milestone, not a finishing line. The ARRC will continue to rehearse this underground model across the UK and Europe over the next 2 years, steadily building towards the goal of a fully mission-capable Strategic Reserve Corps by 2030 army.mod.uk/news/deep-unde…

Another item for the list of delayed defence initiatives Government warned almost a year ago that the UK needs to "actively prepare" for war, but the public is still waiting for specific guidance on how it should be getting ready @haynesdeborah @SkyNews news.sky.com/video/should-p…

Air defence destroyer HMS DUNCAN coming into Bergen, Norway 🇳🇴 14 May @ModernNavy #RoyalNavy Via @KareAlf

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On this day in 1982, the loss of HMS Coventry. A complex and well executed attack that could have gone either way except for one fatal decision. Grab a beer and listen to SME’s discuss the strike. There’s more to it than you know. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/shi…

Two liquefied natural gas carriers and a supertanker have traversed the Strait of Hormuz over the past couple of days, with the LNG vessels heading for Pakistan and China, and the tanker, loaded with Iraqi crude, en route to China @OilandEnergy #IranWar share.google/3M0xHKd7MUzeG6…

@pinstripedline Our last visit

The 15" guns outside of the Imperial War Museum in London are one of its most prized exhibits. They are a memorial to the 'big gun' ship. Yet the story of how they came to be there is little known but involves atomic weapons, the space race and lots of financial paperwork…

Russian cruise missile warship spotted just 30 miles off the UK coast mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b…

60 years of the Royal Navy. In 1966 it stood at a crossroads. The landmark Defence White Paper signalled a major shift away from a global fleet towards a smaller force focussed on NATO commitments. The years since have seen many more changes @ShipsMonthly pocketmags.com/ships-monthly-…

The June 2026 issue of Ships Monthly magazine is out now, featuring a bumper 60th-anniversary special focussed on the Royal Navy. To celebrate its anniversary the publication compares the Royal Navy from 1966 to 2026, and profiles 60 top Royal Navy ships @ShipsMonthly @ModernNavy

France is seeking to join a German-British plan - the deep precision strike program - to produce 2,000 km long-range missiles as Europe races to strengthen its ability to strike deep inside Russia without the help of the US @FT #UKdefence archive.is/2026.05.22-134…