The Royal Navy is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, responsible for defending the country, the Crown Dependencies, and the Overseas Territories from naval attack or invasion. It is a comp
A late 16th-century portrait of the Spanish Armada battling Royal Navy warships
HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, is still a commissioned Royal Navy ship, although she is now permanently kept in dry-dock.
Bombardment of Algiers in north Africa by the Anglo-Dutch fleet in an attempt to stop the Barbary slave trade, 27 August 1816
The capture of Chusan during the First Opium War on 1 October 1841
His Majesty's Naval Service, referred to colloquially as the Royal Navy, is the United Kingdom's naval warfare and maritime service. It consists of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Maritime Reserve, Roy
Royal Navy
…Kingdom, responsible for defending the country, the Crown Dependencies, and the Overseas Territories from naval attack or invasion. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the…
HMS Queen Elizabeth on sea trials in June 2017
HMS Vanguard, a Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine
HMS Diamond, a Type 45 guided missile destroyer
Mk5 Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel