A royal necropolis—from the Greek words for "city of the dead"—was established near Abydos in about 1839 B.C. with the burial there of the powerful 12th dynasty pharaoh Senusret III.

Loud bangs have been heard across a UK city after a Royal Navy Type 23 frigate opened fire. It is understood the HMS Somerset had been conducting a gun salute this morning after her three-month ...

Babcock has been awarded a £65 million (US$78 million) contract to deliver the Capability Insertion Period (CIP) across five of the UK Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates. Babcock was responsible for ...

The Royal Navy is taking bold steps to reduce its environmental footprint, from adopting cleaner fuels to innovating waste management at sea. This video explores the strategies, technologies ...

The Qinetiq Banshee Jet 80+ target drone has bowed out of Royal Navy service shortly after a live fire exercise where several were shot down by a Wildcat helicopter. The Banshee 80+ was officially ...

Babcock and the Royal Navy have just announced it will be hosting the Devonport Open Days this summer after the sad demise of the annual Navy Days. The event on Thursday July 24 will be for the ...

UK Royal Navy Photo HMS Prince of Wales (R09) will depart its homeport in Portsmouth on April 22 and deploy as the lead ship in the U.K. Carrier Strike Group 2025 to the Mediterranean and Indo ...

Final preparations are in progress for a large-scale multinational deployment led by the Royal Navy's flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, as the United Kingdom reinforces its strategic ...

A hard-working Royal Navy ship is going into a period of maintenance after a busy four months of operations. Portsmouth-based patrol vessel HMS Tyne will be taking a period of leave for six months.

MANILA, Philippines — One of the Philippine Navy’s missile-guided corvettes arrived on Tuesday, April 8. BRP Miguel Malvar docked at the Naval Operating Base in Subic, Zambales, according to a ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2 (LMSB2) project is expected to be completed by the middle of next year, according to the Royal Malaysian Navy. The Keel Laying ceremony for the ...