Navy Lookout – A series of reports in the media in the first week if this year have brought the Navy’s personnel, funding and support problems into sharp focus. Here we provide some more context to the reports and the potential implications.

Daily Mail – Two amphibious warships are set to be ‘mothballed’ in a move critics have said could spell ‘the beginning of the end’ for the Royal Marines, as the Navy tries to tackle a sailor shortage crisis.

War Zone – The two Type 23 frigates on the chopping block, HMS Argyll and Westminster, have recently been overhauled at major expense to the taxpayer.

Naval News – The Royal Navy is leading a multinational task force deployment conducting critical undersea infrastructure security operations across North Atlantic waters, including the English Channel, the North and Baltic seas (and their connecting Skagerrak/Kattegat straits), and the Norwegian and Barents seas.

Navy Lookout – In this article we look back at the past year, summarising key events and the achievements of the Royal Navy while considering future challenges.

Navy Lookout – In this article, Kamil Sadowski considers how Medium Rotary-Wing Uncrewed Air Systems could be employed in anti-submarine warfare operations.

BBC – The UK is preparing to send HMS Trent to Guyana in a show of diplomatic and military support for the former British colony

Navy Lookout – HMS Diamond has now been formally allocated to US-led operation Prosperity Guardian which will protect merchant ships transiting the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Here we look at the recent naval operations and consider the current situation in the region.

The Guardian – HMS Diamond fired a Sea Viper missile and successfully destroyed target after Yemen rebel attacks.

Navy Lookout – The ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary are a vital part of the UK naval capability but the past year has been a story of very mixed fortunes for the service. Here we look at the current status of the fleet.

Naval News – The UK is sending a Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer to support the multinational naval presence protecting merchant shipping in the southern Red Sea off the coast of Yemen.

War Zone – The footage provides new perspectives on Mojave’s takeoffs and landings aboard HMS Prince of Wales.

War Zone – The second frontline British F-35B unit is a Royal Navy squadron, but future plans to buy more of the jets, and which ones, hang in the air.

Navy Lookout – Here we focus on how delays in upgrading dockyard facilities have become one of the limiting factors preventing the RN from getting submarines to sea and look at the efforts to resolve the problem.

Navy Lookout – The MoD has said the RN will deploy a substantial force of vessels to patrol areas with vulnerable undersea critical infrastructure in cooperation with other nations. Here we look at the context of this action and what this may mean in practice

War on the Rocks – Should Labour assume power in 2024 (or 2025, when an election has to take place), it is therefore improbable that the new government will move to significantly deviate from the Indo-Pacific engagement course that the United Kingdom has presently embarked on. While ensuring the sanctity of the Euro-Atlantic area will be the defense priority (as it is now with the ruling Conservative administration), economic and political realities mean that the latter theater will necessarily continue to be of significant importance for securing the country’s future interests.

Navy Lookout – HMS Diamond will join US warships deployed in the Persian Gulf region as the risk of conflict and the threat to merchant shipping increases.

Breaking Defense – A senior UK defense minister told lawmakers today that a Royal NavyVanguard-class submarine carrying Trident nuclear missiles was saved from sinking to a dangerously low depth after its crew used a back up depth gauge to keep the vessel diving within safe limits.

Daily Express – Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has delivered a message of defiance to the new Argentinian president after he promised to “get the Falklands back”.

BBC – A Royal Navy nuclear submarine suffered a “concerning” malfunction while diving.

USNI News – A new American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landed and took off for the first time from an aircraft carrier during HMS Prince of Wales’ (R09) trials off the East Coast.

Navy Lookout – As part of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee enquiry into armed forces readiness, the First Sea Lord, Admiral Ben Key gave some insight into the current availability levels of the RN fleet. Here we consider the discussion and some of the nuances and context that were overlooked.

Navy Lookout – The Autumn Carrier Strike Group deployment has now wrapped up with HMS Queen Elizabeth returning to Portsmouth. Here we summarise the activities during the second phase of the deployment.

Navy Lookout – Following trials with the experimental MANTA extra large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV), CETUS the RN’s next advanced technology demonstrator has entered the manufacturing phase. Here we provide some more details of the project.

Navy Lookout – Despite a slew of concerning news stories about the struggles of the service in the last few months, the RN is currently maintaining a high tempo of ships at sea on operations. Here we summarise the key activities of the surface fleet and the purpose of their deployments.