In June 2021, the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender sailed through disputed waters near Crimea during a transit from Odesa to Batumi. Russia responded with threats, aircraft, and patrol ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HMS Defender, deployed to Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, test fires its Sea Viper missile system during a mission to locate, and ...

MOSCOW — The British Defence Ministry has denied a claim that a Russian vessel fired warning shots at a Royal Navy warship approaching the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea Wednesday. Earlier, the ...

A British warship became embroiled in a confrontation with Russian forces off the coast of the disputed territory of Crimea on Wednesday. Russia says one of its warplanes dropped bombs and a patrol ...

A £1billion Royal Navy warship destroyed a jet drone using a missile that can take out airborne threats up to 75 miles away during the “world’s largest” tests of naval defences. The HMS Defender was ...

A third British warship is heading to the Gulf, the Royal Navy announced Saturday, amid heightened tensions in the region. Britain is redirecting the Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender, pictured in ...

HMS Dragon’s mission to Cyprus has been delayed because the dockyard only works nine-to-five, a union has claimed. The air defence warship is due to set sail for the region following the drone attack ...

Russian officials claimed on Sunday that a U.S. Navy Virginia-class submarine was found in Russia’s territorial waters near the Kuril Islands a day earlier. The submarine was reportedly detected by ...