The Royal Navy‘s flagship HMS Prince of Wales departed Portsmouth today, leading the UK’s premier naval deployment of 2025. The carrier strike group embarks on an ambitious eight-month mission spanning…
https://gcaptain.com/uks-carrier-strike-group-sets-sail-for-eight-month-indo-pacific-deployment/
The Royal Navy, along with NATO allies, conducted a coordinated operation to monitor a Russian naval task group transporting cargo from Syria through UK territorial waters in the English Channel….
https://gcaptain.com/photos-royal-navy-shadows-russian-task-force-carrying-cargo-from-syria/
The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset intercepted and monitored the Russian spy ship Yantar as it passed through the English Channel, marking the vessel’s…
https://gcaptain.com/royal-navy-tracks-russian-spy-ship-in-english-channel/
Trade union Nautilus International has announced that Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) officers in the UK have voted to accept an above-inflation pay offer for 2024/25, marking a significant step towards…
https://gcaptain.com/royal-fleet-auxiliary-officers-accept-historic-pay-deal/
UK Defence Secretary John Healey has announced the decommissioning of several naval vessels as part of a broader defence reform strategy. The decision, revealed in a statement to the House…
By Ellen Milligan (Bloomberg) The UK plans to step up its naval activity in the Pacific, including more joint fishing patrols, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks to show support for…
https://gcaptain.com/britain-plans-to-challenge-chinas-pacific-dominance-and-why-it-matters/
The Royal Navy and its AUKUS partners successfully controlled uncrewed vessels in Australia from a command center in Portugal, spanning a distance of over 10,000 miles. The demonstration marks a…
https://gcaptain.com/aukus-navies-demonstrate-unmanned-vessels-across-10000-miles-in-nato-exercise/
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Diligence offloaded more than 4,125 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades on Monday. The drugs, valued at approximately $54 million, were seized during three separate…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-coast-guard-seizes-54-million-worth-of-cocaine-in-caribbean-sea/
Nautilus International, the union representing officers in the UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), has confirmed that members will be engaging in a day of strike action tomorrow, Thursday 15th August…
https://gcaptain.com/union-announces-historic-strike-action-for-uk-royal-fleet-auxiliary-officers/
Officers at the UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) are initiating planned industrial action on Saturday, June 1, following a dispute on compensation. The action, coordinated by the Nautilus International union,…
https://gcaptain.com/royal-fleet-auxiliary-officers-to-begin-industrial-action-over-pay-dispute/