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‘We see you’: How a Russian spy ship prompted a UK scramble

Secretary of State for Defence John Healey said the Russian spy ship entered British waters on Monday.

Al Jazeera · Jan 23, 2025

Royal Navy submarine used to warn off Russian spy ship loitering over cables

The nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine surfaced close to the Yantar to let the Russian ship know it was being watched.

Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025

British leaders could learn ‘lessons’ from Swedish government over Russia threat

Last year, authorities in Sweden distributed a pamphlet titled In Case Of Crisis Or War.

Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025

Royal Navy sub used to warn off Russian spy ship, Healey tells MPs

John Healey warned Vladimir Putin ‘we see you, we know what you are doing and we will not shy away from robust action’.

Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025

Saving lives and limbs on the high seas: the extraordinary world of early modern ship’s surgeons

Imagine you are at sea facing a violent battle with an enemy ship. The experienced 17th-century surgeon John Moyle asked his reader to do just that. In his printed guide of recommended practice, the reader was compelled to put themselves in the place of a ship’s surgeon in the thick…

The Conversation · Jan 20, 2025

Navy recalls 200 sailors on Christmas Day to shadow Russian warships

HMS Somerset kept a watch over the Russian ships for 500 miles through the North Sea and English Channel.

Evening Standard · Jan 1, 2025

More than 10,000 members of UK armed forces ‘not medically deployable’

Answer to written parliamentary question reveals Ministry of Defence figures showing 13,522 are not fit to fight

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2024

Faslane submariner found guilty of sex attacks on three women

A ROYAL Navy submariner who groped a colleague while on bail for another sex attack has been locked up ...

The National (Scotland) · Dec 23, 2024

Sailors on Royal Navy destroyer home for Christmas after six-month mission

HMS Duncan was deployed to the Red Sea amid Houthi rebel attacks but was ordered to stay in the Mediterranean as conflict escalated.

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2024

‘Remarkable’ Second World War veteran to celebrate 100th birthday

Captain Walter Godsal RN, a Burma Star veteran who spent 37 years in the Royal Navy, will turn 100 on December 3.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024