The UK Royal Navy (RN) has detailed the requirements for its future Multi-Role Strike Ship (MRSS), requirements underlining ...

The UK's Royal Navy is exploring the use of nuclear propulsion for large surface ships, with the Ministry of Defence issuing a Request for Information seeking insights from the defence industry on ...

New Royal Navy ships currently under construction are still being built predominantly with foreign-sourced steel, due to ...

The Royal Navy Once Ruled the Waves – But Not Any Longer “Rule, Britannia!, Britannia, rule the waves,” is the famous line from James Thomson’s 1740 poem, which was later set to music by ...

The designation HMS, then, is primarily for commissioned ships of the British Royal Navy. Since 1913's Ships' Names Committee, there has been a British body in charge of naming vessels.