The Royal Navy has ordered 20 autonomous speedboat drones amid concerns about the readiness of Britain’s ageing fleet and its dwindling size.
Decades of swingeing cuts have hollowed out the once-proud Royal Navy, which has shrunk to its smallest size in living memory ...
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Royal Navy announce purchase of twenty drone boats

The Royal Navy has announced they are set to purchase 20 drone boats. The contract, worth £12.3m, was won by Kraken Technology Group – a UK company with expertise in designing and building uncrewed ...
It is now eight years since a Royal Navy submarine broke through polar ice as part of an ICEX.
Iran must be the catalyst for a change of strategic course for the Royal Navy ...
Kraken will deliver 20 uncrewed surface vessels under Project Beehive to support the Royal Navy's transition to a hybrid fleet.
THE Royal Navy is preparing a floating hospital to sail to the eastern Med as the conflict spirals. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Lyme Bay will evacuate Britons if the Government gives the ...
Worries about Royal Navy personnel being sent to conflict zones in the Middle East will be heightened for their families, a charity boss has said. HMS Dragon left its dock in Portsmouth on Tuesday ...
The figure, based on tycoon Sir Richard Branson's mother, will be unveiled in Portsmouth in 2027.
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The US Navy Has Shrunk, but the Royal Navy Has Nearly Disappeared

The Royal Navy—once the pride of the United Kingdom—has shrunk to around two dozen warships, insufficient to project power in any meaningful sense.
The King joked that his Royal Navy days of playing cricket across the Caribbean islands “nearly killed me”, as he was presented with a signed cricket bat by Sir Viv Richards. Charles was handed the ...