HMS Prince of Wales and her carrier group joined NATO’s Dynamic Mongoose anti-submarine exercise off Norway, with the UK fielding the largest national contribution as nine nations hunted German, Portuguese and Dutch submarines across two weeks in the High North.

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Ferguson Marine has completed the first official engine start on Glen Rosa, the CalMac ferry being built at Port Glasgow.

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Unite has called for guarantees that shipbuilding and repair work will stay in the UK after Balaena’s acquisition of the parent of Cammell Laird and A&P, with general secretary Sharon Graham saying the deal shows “the absurdity” of sending such work overseas.

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3 Commando Brigade is to be officially known as the UK Commando Force, the King has announced, marking a decade of transformation that has seen the Royal Marines reshaped from a high-readiness amphibious brigade into dispersed, technologically advanced strike teams.

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RFA Lyme Bay has arrived in Cyprus after intensive Mediterranean training, carrying advanced autonomous minehunting kit and around 100 mine warfare and diving specialists for a potential multinational mission to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.

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Balaena, the maritime group that owns Gibdock in Gibraltar and a shipyard in Padstow, has acquired APCL Group, bringing Cammell Laird, A&P Tyne and A&P Falmouth under one brand.

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The United Kingdom is a frontline nation already in conflict with Russia at sea, in the air and in cyberspace, and the government must wake up to that reality in the wake of John Healey’s resignation as Defence Secretary, Labour MP Graeme Downie has said.

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Around 6,000 troops from 15 NATO nations and a 20-ship task force have set sail from Gdynia for BALTOPS 2026, the alliance’s biggest annual Baltic exercise.

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NATO has launched Task Force X-Arctic, an eighteen-month run of trials off Iceland testing whether networked uncrewed systems can deliver persistent watch over the High North, extending a model first tried in the Baltic.

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The Inspiration class is a low-risk and adaptable design that suits the warfare the Royal Navy now expects, and several allied navies have chosen the same hull for themselves.

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