Royal Navy
Naval warfare force of the United Kingdom
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| 2025 | Potential production contract for new Commando Insertion Craft, subject to the Labour government's 2024-25 defence policy review. |
| 2025 | Planned deployment of RNMB Ariadne, an unmanned surface vessel |
| 2025 | Royal Navy plans to withdraw all Sandown-class mine countermeasure vessels from service, replacing them with autonomous systems and planned 'mothership' vessels. |
| March 2025 | Planned complete retirement of the Royal Navy's two landing platform docks, marking a significant reduction in the service's amphibious warfare capability. |
| 2024 | Four vessels of the Squadron (Biter, Blazer, Trumpeter, and Exploit) deployed to northern Norway as part of the NATO exercise 'Steadfast Defender'. |
| 2024 | Lt Megan Burgoyne takes command of the University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland, succeeding Lt Cdr Nick Bates |
| December 2 2024 | The position of fleet flagship was rotated to a new vessel on 2 December. |
| November 2024 | Government's decision to retire Albion-class assault ships brought the viability of Littoral Response Groups into question. |
| November 2024 | Newly elected Labour government indicated the retirement of two landing platform docks from the Royal Navy's amphibious capability by March 2025. |
| June 2024 | HMS Puncher and HMS Pursuer embarked personnel from the Navy's Mine and Threat Exploitation Group, deploying for exercises in the Baltic. The vessels operated an IVER 3 Autonomous Vehicle and a Video Ray Defender remotely operated vehicle to find mines on the seabed. |
| 2023 | Maritime Underwater Future Capability (MUFC) program expanded to include joint nuclear-powered submarine acquisition with the United States and Australia, renaming the successor submarine to SSN-AUKUS. |
| 2023 | The Commando Raiding Craft (CRC) began entering service with the Royal Marines, replacing the previous Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC). The new craft includes both troop-carrying and fire-support variants, with the latter equipped with machine gun mounts and 40mm grenade launchers. |
| 2023 | Royal Marines donated 23 of their 35 Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) to Ukraine, significantly reducing their original fleet while introducing the new Commando Raiding Craft. |
| 2023 | Royal Navy and Marines began seeking a replacement for the LCVP Mk 5, with an objective to secure service entry by 2027 for new Commando Insertion Craft designed for low signature operations, capable of carrying a strike team and small vehicle over 150 miles at 25 knots. |
| 2023 | Four ships from Coastal Forces participated in an exercise with the Norwegian Coastal Ranger Command inside the Arctic Circle. |
| 2023 | Second Littoral Response Group planned for deployment in the Indo-Pacific region. |
| 2023 | The Royal Navy reported significant recruiting challenges, with a net drop of approximately 1,600 personnel (4 percent of the force) from mid-2022 to mid-2023. |
| 2023 | Ofsted conducted an inspection of Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) at Dartmouth, revealing significant infrastructure issues including rot, mould, unsafe structures, and equipment problems. |
| December 2023 | Captain Andrew Bray assumes command of Britannia Royal Naval College, succeeding Captain Sarah Oakley. |
| October 2023 | Littoral Response Group (South) begins deployment from the UK Joint Logistics Support Base in Duqm, Oman, with a focus on the Indo-Pacific region. Principal vessels include RFAs Argus and Lyme Bay, implementing a new strategic approach for operating in 'grey zone' sub-threshold competition. |
| October 2023 | RFA Proteus, a new Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship, entered service as part of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's plan to protect undersea cables and gas pipelines and compensate for the withdrawal of ocean-going survey vessels. |
| June 2023 | HMS Duncan was assigned as flagship of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in the Mediterranean Sea. |
| February 2023 | Acquired a commercial vessel RFA Proteus to act as a Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) Ship for protecting critical seabed infrastructure. |
| 2022 | The Corps Bugle Major of the Royal Marines was promoted to Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) rank, taking over the leadership role from the previous Corps Drum Major. |
| 2022 | Planned Beating Retreat ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Queen's throne assumption and the centennial of the modern Royal Marines. |
| 2022 | Deployment of RNMB Abdiel, an unmanned surface vessel |
| 2022 | Cutlass class patrol boat P295 commissioned into the Royal Navy. |
| 2022 | Submarine S123 commissioned into the Royal Navy's fleet submarine service. |
| 2022 | The most recent Astute-class submarine was commissioned into the Royal Navy's Submarine Service. |
| 2022 | The Royal Navy's Fleet Diving Squadron was reorganized and renamed to the Diving and Threat Exploitation Group, now consisting of five squadrons: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, and Echo. |
| 2022 | Lt Gordon Pickthall begins command of the University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland |
| 2022 | Lt Cdr Nick Bates assumes command of the University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland, succeeding Lt Gordon Pickthall |
| 2022 | Sub Lieutenant Rowann Sinclair concludes her period with the University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland. |
| November 2022 | HMS Montrose departed the Gulf to return to the UK, with HMS Lancaster expected to remain on station in the Gulf until 2025 using the two-crew manning system. |
| November 2022 | Plans for the 'national flagship' were abandoned by the UK Government. |
| August 2022 | A frigate departed Portsmouth en route to the Gulf to replace HMS Montrose as the forward deployed Type 23 frigate. |
| July 29 2022 | The Royal Navy christened XV Patrick Blackett, an experimental ship designed as a testbed for autonomous systems, which will participate in Royal Navy and NATO exercises. |
| June 2022 | Rear Admiral Jude Terry approved the unit's name change from URNU Edinburgh to University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland, reflecting its expanded operational area. |
| May 2022 | Captain Neale D. Piper ARRC completes term as Director of Naval Nursing Service |
| May 2022 | Captain Peter J. Selwood assumes leadership as Director of Naval Nursing Service |
| May 2022 | Captain Sarah Oakley becomes commander of Britannia Royal Naval College, marking a significant moment as one of the few female commanders in the college's history. |
| January 2022 | Lt. Rhys Christie left the Royal Navy after being told he may not be fit to continue his career. |
| January 2022 | Tay Division commenced its initial training, establishing itself as a potential model for extending the URNU's geographical footprint across Scottish universities. |
| 2021 | Joint Expeditionary Force (Maritime) deployment in the Baltic region, centered on HMS Lancaster and HMS Westminster, with support from Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian vessels and Swedish aircraft. HMS Lancaster serves as the flagship for the group and operates with SNMG1. |
| 2021 | Royal Navy ships HMS Albion and RFA Mounts Bay participated in the Baltops multinational naval exercise, a 2-week annual NATO maritime training event run by the US Navy to strengthen international partnerships. |
| 2021 | The Defence White Paper announced a new strategy of positioning a River-class offshore patrol vessel permanently in Gibraltar to support operations in the Mediterranean and Gulf of Guinea. |
| 2021 | Type 83 destroyer was proposed in the Defence Command Paper as a future successor to the Type 45 Destroyer, planned to enter service in the late 2030s. |
| 2021 | UK Government announced plans for a new 'national flagship' to be crewed and run by the Royal Navy, intended as a replacement for the Royal Yacht Britannia. |
| 2021 | Inter Service matches were cancelled due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions on sporting events. |
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