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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
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General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, KCB, OBE, ADC is a senior Royal Marines officer. He was appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff on 15 May 2025, becoming the first Marine to hold the office.
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…was appointed for the second time the post is an additional responsibility for a senior Royal Marine holding other duties. The current CG RM is General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, the First Sea Lord. Intelligence support to fleet operations is provided by intelligence sections at the various headquarters and from MOD Defence…
Jenkins in 2022
Jenkins inspecting his first parade as Commandant General Royal Marines in November 2022