But it should not be mixed with uniform." Commissioned Royal Navy officers can hold a variety of ranks, including Admiral, Vice Admiral, Captain, Commander, Lieutenant, and Sub-Lieutenant.

Tom Sharpe, a retired Royal Navy commander, said: “All services, and their sub-divisions, have had variations of uniforms since uniforms began – the word itself has always been a slight ...

Royal Navy tug boat crews are being balloted for strike action amid claims they are being locked out of contract discussions. The crews, at Devonport, Portsmouth, Faslane, Greenock and Kyle of ...

A retired Royal Navy officer died with 'panic in his eyes' in front of his horrified wife while scuba-diving in Indonesia, an inquest has heard. Robert Bolton had been on a dream cruise with his ...

The Royal Navy has updated its formal dress code to allow officers to wear "cultural dress" in its latest push to be ...

RAF maritime patrol aircraft were deployed, as were two Royal Navy warships and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s Proteus to follow it. “Today, I also wanted to confirm to the House that I ...

A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.

Thats according to Luke Pollard, MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, who has welcomed the decision to baseport the final Royal Navy Frigate in HMNB Devonport. Starting this week, the new ...

A Royal Navy submarine has been used to warn off Russian spy ships operating around British waters. Defence Secretary John Healey gave details about the activities of the Yantar, which he said the ...

A Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine was used to warn off one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spy ships operating around UK waters. The hunter-killer submarine was ordered to surface ...