BRITISH warship HMS Richmond last night destroyed two attack Houthi drones with powerful Sea Ceptor missiles. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announced the successful response to yet another attack by the rebels. 11 Sea Ceptor missiles fire from HMS Richmond, shooting down two Houthi drones heading towards the shipCredit: EPA 11 The Sea Ceptor missiles were … Read more
DRUGS worth almost £300million have been seized in two raids by a Royal Navy warship. The sailors and Marines on HMS Trent — assisted by the US Coast Guard — chased down a speedboat as its crew tried to dump nearly three tons of Class A into the Caribbean Sea. 1 HMS Trent chased down … Read more
BRITAIN’S flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has been pulled off a Nato drill due to a faulty propellor shaft. She was due to set sail from Portsmouth today to take part in Exercise Steadfast Defender in northern Europe, the biggest Nato exercise since the end of the Cold War. 1 HMS Queen Elizabeth has … Read more
THE ROYAL Marines’ future is hanging in the balance after Defence Secretary Grant Shapps refused to rule out mothballing the Navy’s amphibious assault ships. Shapps said he ordered the head of the Royal Navy to “provide a plan” for the commandos’ future. 1 The Marines’ future is hanging in the balance after Defence Secretary Grant … Read more
ROYAL Navy recruitment is now so bad that defence bosses are decommissioning two warships, reports claim. HMS Westminster, recently refurbished at huge taxpayer expense, and HMS Argyll will be taken out of action this year, with crews sent to work on a yet-to-arrive new fleet of frigates. 1 HMS Westminster, pictured, and HMS Argyll will … Read more
The United States, Canada and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced early Tuesday in Bahrain. The seriousness of the attacks, several of … Read more
A Norwegian-owned vessel was attacked in the Red Sea on Monday in a strike that U.S. officials said originated from Yemeni territory controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. The attack on the M/V Swan Atlantic was the latest in a series on ships sailing the sea since the start of the Gaza war. There was … Read more
