By Moderator, 14 May 2026 A few weeks ago, US President Donald Trump referred to the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers as ‘toys’ and dismissed British naval capabilities as ‘old and […]
By Blair Shaw, 19 February 2026 The Inocea Group has confirmed it will acquire both Royal Fleet Auxiliary Wave-class oilers (Knight and Ruler) from the UK. (The Inocea Group currently […]
By Moderator, 7 May 2025 In case you’re wondering …. An update to the Type 26 program given in the British Parliament indicated that five of the eight planned frigates […]
By David Morse, 17 February 2025 Later this year, the latest in a series of Strategic Defence Reviews (SDR) will be released in the UK. Over several reviews, the UK […]
By David Morse, 27 November 2024 In a surprise announcement on 20 November, the UK government has announced the retirement of five RN and RFA vessels. At first glance this […]
By Blair Shaw, 22 November 2024 With the Royal Navy announcing the decommissioning of HMS Albion and Bulwark, could this be an opportunity for Canada to step in and step […]
By Les Mader, 8 April 2024 It is my personal belief that the 1982 Anglo-Argentine Falklands War was largest and bloodiest naval campaign fought since World War II. Clearly, there […]
By Moderator, 27 December 2023 If you’re interested in finding out about the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates, then there’s a very interestingand detailed YouTube video of discussing the ship. […]
By David Dunlop, 13 February 2023 It appears that Australia’s AUKUS submarine decision will be coming in March 2023 and it may not be anything that most expect. It was […]
By Moderator, 8 November 2022 On 7 November the British Ministry of Defence confirmed that HMS Victorious, a nuclear-armed submarine was forced to abandon an operation after a fire broke […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 19 August 2022 The United Kingdom published its new National Maritime Security Strategy (NMSS) on 15 August 2022. The full report can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-maritime-security-strategy The […]
Credit: Lindsay Isaac and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN, 06 January 2022 According to CNN, a Russian submarine being tracked by a British naval warship on patrol in the North Atlantic more […]
Mark Sloan, 25 March 2021 The UK Government has now published The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy (Integrated Review), and the Defence Command Paper “Defence in […]
David Dunlop, 25 October 2020. Apparently the British have decided to use a Direct Energy Weapon (DEW) laser system on the Type 26 frigate starting in 2023 (see below). Will […]
RCN Public Affairs, 15 October 2020. HMC Ships Ville de Québec and Halifax departed from Halifax on September 20 to join HMCS Toronto, SNMG1 and the Royal Navy off the […]
David Dunlop, 15 September 2020. I just came across a Royal Navy article on the High Arctic and the RN’s involvement leading a multinational exercise across the Bering Straits recently. […]
The Royal Navy is thinking about the proposed Type 31 frigate, but apparently is still trying to figure out the hows and whys and whats of the ship. The Type […]
We’ve published several commentaries in recent issues of CNR about the Royal Navy and the United Kingdom’s nuclear deterrent. In particular the commentaries have discussed how it is important to […]
The British government announced that the first of the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates will be laid down within the month after an order was placed and contract signed with […]
Comment by Ian Parker: This is good news for Canada and her navy. And, Despite arguments by some that the BAE Type 26 is a theoretical ship and thus should […]
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