Ministry of Defence

The government has been pushed to accept the Airbus deal to build new Skynet satellites, and not to accept a 'lowball' American offer. From L: Defence secretary Wes Streeting and Liberal Democrat James MacCleary.

MPs pushed to back Airbus satellite jobs and not 'lowball' US offer

Retired Type 23 frigate HMS Iron Duke being towed to HMNB Portsmouth ahead of the prospect of being scrapped.

Prince William's warship towed to base as she faces being scrapped

British RAF fighters have been deployed to Saudi Arabia to defend against Houthi attacks in Yemen.

RAF deployed to defend Saudi Arabia amid 'outrageous' Houthi attacks

HMS Iron Duke is being towed to Portsmouth after being retired from the Royal Navy fleet.

Retired Royal Navy ship to arrive in base amid uncertain future

Prime minister Andy Burnham is being pressured to award the Skynet 6 contract to Airbus, as alternative proposals risk losing hundreds of jobs.

MPs dispute as Airbus space satellite jobs hang in the balance

Major renovation works are continuing at both Fort Purbrook and Fort Widley after a £2.1m grant was secured. It's a mixed picture in the Portsmouth area, with some landmarks being protected, and others left to rot.

'Remarkable' renovation taking shape at beloved forts - others at risk

Retired Royal Navy frigate HMS Richmond being towed to Portsmouth amid an uncertain future on October 15, 2026.

Retired HMS Richmond to 'undergo preparations for disposal'

HMS Richmond most recently joined the UK Carrier Strike Group with HMS Prince of Wales on a large-scale deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

Retired HMS Richmond to be towed to base amid uncertain future

HMS Protector is currently out of action after suffering a double engine fault.

'Catastrophic failure': Royal Navy ship suffers 'double engine defect'

Defence secretary Wes Streeting was grilled about armed forces spending during his appearance before the defence select committee.

Streeting warns unfunded defence could create Liz Truss style crash

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting giving evidence to the Industry and Regulation Committee in the House of Lords, central London. He claimed a Royal Marine had to test an underwater drone in his garden pond due to regulatory red tape.

'Regulatory handcuffs' forces marine to test drone in his garden pond

Doubts have been cast over when the Type 31 frigates will enter the Royal Navy fleet. Pictured: HMS Venturer in the Babcock dry dock.

'Inflationary pressures' hitting Type 31 ships amid delay fears

The iron foundry and smithery was built 1857-1861, by Col GT Greene RE and Andrew Murray, Chief Engineer; extended 1878, with later alterations and the main part of the building was converted to office use in 2003. The east wing (Building 1/136) remains unused and at risk, Historic England says. There were concerns over drainage and regular flooding of the building but this has been resolved. Roof repairs are due to be undertaken.

Repairs progress at former brass foundry in Historic Dockyard

HMS Dragon homecoming on October 9, 2026. Pictured is: Leading Hand Charlie Gill from Littlehampton, West Sussex, with his cousin Finlay Ratan (2). Charlie donated part of his liver to Finlay when he was just four-months-old after needing a transplant.

Exclusive 'Hero' HMS Dragon sailor saves boy given days to live - reunited again

From L-R: Nick Evans (brother), Alan Evans, (father), Leading Seaman Harry Evans and Lesley Evans (mum) reunite after 214 days

Recap: HMS Dragon docks back home in Portsmouth after Iran operation

The Ministry of Defence has paid out nearly £2.5m in compensation. Picture: PA

Police name Royal Navy sailor charged with spying for a foreign power
The sailor will appear in court today after being charged with preparing to hand over information to ‘benefit a foreign power’
Tom Morton

The grave of Private (Pte) Sidney Allen, 7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, was discovered 81 years after his death. Pictured: Corporal Wendy Robert, The Band of the Mercian Regiment sounds Last Post at the rededication service as Colonel (retired) Stephen Owen OBE, Royal British Legion, pays his respects.

Lost soldier killed in WWII identified 81 years after death

Royal Marines Commandos aboard U-Boat off the North coast of Scotland during Strike Warrior 26.

'Largest test in 15 years' for Royal Marines as they ride German sub

Prime minister Andy Burnham is being pressured to award the Skynet 6 contract to Airbus, as alternative proposals risk losing hundreds of jobs.

'Minimise US blowback': PM under pressure as Airbus job decision looms

A Fareham-headquartered firearms firm GMK Ltd have been handed a hefty fine after a woman suffered serious burns to her hands, face and legs.

Firearms firm fined £800k after woman suffers burns to hands and face

HMS Spey and Tamar will be conducting patrols with international allies in the South China Sea despite previous warnings from Beijing. Pictured: HMS Tamar personnel conducting gunnery exercises.

Royal Navy set for Indo-Pacific drills despite China threats

A sailor had to be evacuated from HMS Sutherland while she was docked in Plymouth Sound. Pictured: The ship passing Tower Bridge, London, earlier in 2025.

'Negligent' officer abandoned £143m ship leaving trainee on watch

Former First Sea Lord Sir Ben Key

Former Royal Navy head stripped of knighthood

A large section of the fifth Type 26 frigate HMS Sheffield being worked on in Glasgow, Scotland.

Exciting construction update for new Type 26 frigate HMS Sheffield

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Daring being refuelled for the first time in years as she takes a step closer to returning to sea.

HMS Daring takes step closer to returning to Royal Navy fleet

The deadline to save HMS Ambuscade, now known as PNS Tariq, from being blown up has not be extended. Pictured: Pakistan sailors aboard PNS Tariq arrange souvenirs on board the vessel at the Colombo port, 15 November 2004, during an official port call on Sri Lanka.

Deadline extension to save Falklands War taskforce ship rejected

The Royal Navy and US forces blow up the retired warship USS Klakring while testing a new ship-busting missile.

Watch Royal Navy flow up warship with ferocious new missile
The explosive debut of the new Naval Strike Missile took more than a year of planning and preparation
Freddie Webb

The former Royal Marines Museum at Eastney is on sale after plans for a 96-room luxury hotel were approved earlier this year.

Former Royal Marines Museum is back on the market as hotel plan stalls

HMS Agamemnon has sailed from the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness.

Powerful new Royal Navy nuclear submarine at sea for first time

The naval base at Faslane on the Clyde hosts the UK's nuclear submarines which are armed with Trident missiles (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

No punishment for Iranian man who tried to get into Royal Navy base

Group photo of all members of Portsmouth Diving Threat Exploitation Group Bravo Squadron.

'Selfless' sailors who destroyed 100kg Southsea bomb honoured

World-leading medical pods are being built for the Royal Navy by Force Development Services in Fareham. Pictured is: Managing director Claire Hemmings and business development director Paul Keating-Brown, former Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander.

'Plug-and-play' flexible medical pods being developed for Royal Navy

Millions of pounds is being invested into Portsmouth defence firms by BAE Systems. Pictured: Cutting of steel on HMS Sheffield.

Large city employers among cohort to offer job opportunities

RFA Lyme Bay (centre), and HMS Dragon (right), linked up in the Middle East ahead of a possible Strait of Hormuz mission.

HMS Dragon leaves Middle East amid 'dangerous' threat developing

Air Vice-Marshal Jamie Thompson, head of Britain's military space operation. has been suspended amid an investigation into an alleged serious sexual offence.

Top military boss booted for alleged 'serious' sex offence

Able Seaman Sian Dowsett, 25, has been jailed and kicked out of the armed forces after being found guilty of six sexual assaults aboard HMS Dauntless.

Bisexual 'predator' branded 'cancer' of HMS Dauntless jailed

Greater powers will be passed on to Royal Navy, Army and RAF families to make decisions relating to their service accommodation. Pictured: Secretary of State Wes Streeting visited the Defence Housing Service.

'More power' for families to make changes to military houses

The preliminary works have finished at the Royal Navy Rum Store at Victoria Quay in Gosport, and the task is now to transform the historic structure itself.

Pictured is: (l-r) Cllr. Zoe Huggins, leader of Gosport Borough Council, Ben Mason, business development director at UK Docks and Caroline Dinenage MP for Gosport.

Dilapidated Royal Navy Rum Store being 'brought back to life'

Chief executive of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Mike Green, said nine out of ten military houses need serious attention. Properties housing Royal Navy, Army, and RAF personnel were found to be in poor condition.

Nine in ten 'neglected' military houses need 'serious attention'

Two senior Army officials were found not guilty of wrongdoing relating to the death of Gunner Jaysley Beck.

Two senior officers cleared of Jaysley Beck death wrongdoing

Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck, 19, was found dead at the Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire in December 2021. This followed an incident on Thorney Island near Emsworth.

Army Colonel cleared of wrongdoing 'always believed' Jaysley Beck

Lieutenant Rhodri Leyshon who died following a helicopter crash in The English Channel.

'Compounded errors' cause death of Navy helicopter pilot after crash

HMS Ambuscade has been ordered to leave Karachi by the end of September, or she will be destroyed.

Race to save last-surviving Falklands War taskforce ship stuck in Asia

The Ministry of Defence said extra oversight is being put over the Type 31 programme amid fears over delays and costs.

'Complex' shipbuilding project subject to 'oversight' amid delay fears

HMS Northumberland was towed out of HMNB Portsmouth for the final time on September 10, 2026, amid reports that she will be scrapped.

'Superb career' of HMS Northumberland hailed after leaving base

The ex-wife of PO Paxton, a Royal Navy sailor took his own life after shooting himself with a rifle aboard HMS Cattistock, said more could have been done to safeguard his life.

Ex-Wife of 'hero' who shot himself questions Royal Navy support

Around 140 migrants arrive in Portsmouth after being transferred from a single dingy south of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel by two RNLI lifeboats, a mammoth operation is talking place on Sunday evening to process the illegal migrants, with dozens of government workers from Police, Border Force, Ambulance and Fire crews, along with a number of transport busses. Viewed from Hayling Island, just across the water. Dated 06/09/26.

Can Royal Navy stop small boats? Ex-sailors weigh-in on Reform policy

HMS Northumberland being towed into Portsmouth on May 29, 2025. She will now be towed out of the base on September 9 amid the expectations that she will be scrapped.

Deteriorating HMS Northumberland to leave base for the final time

New Fleet Solid Support ships are starting to be built, but last minute changes to their guns have cost the taxpayer £1.7m.

Last minute Royal Navy support ship changes sees loss in taxpayer cash

HMS Spey and HMS Tamar have been on deployment away from Portsmouth for five years after leaving the city 1,826 days ago. Pictured: HMS Spey on Exercise Bersama Shield 2025.

'Persistent' Royal Navy ships spend 5 years on op after leaving city

HMS Duncan will receive major upgrades following the first phase of Operation Firecrest.

'Major refit' for HMS Duncan as Royal Navy destroyer set to receive

HMS Northumberland being towed into Portsmouth in May 2025.

'Unseaworthy' HMS Northumberland moved amid uncertain future

Pictured: HMS Albion.

Retired Royal Navy ship HMS Albion set for 'disposal'

The keel being laid for RFA Resurgent, the first of the new Fleet Solid Support ships.

New support ships RFA Resourceful and Reliant named to secure Navy

A large investment is being made into the facilities at Airbus in Anchorage Park.

Huge Airbus investment in Portsmouth amid 'comprehensive' plan