The "flagship of the Royal Navy" is to be decommissioned after a multi-million pound refit. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the move would happen in 2018, when HMS Ocean, external "reached ...

Read HMS Illustrious on routine visit to Lisbon latest on ITV News. All the Thursday 26th June 2014 news Portsmouth based war ship HMS Illustrious has just visited Lisbon after taking part in ...

HMS Ocean, built in the mid 1990s, is designed to support amphibious landing operations. Its secondary roles include training, anti-submarine warfare and a base for anti-terrorist operations.

Royal Navy helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious has just paid a routine visit to Lisbon after completing Exercise Deep Blue. Exercise Deep Blue was an Anti-Submarine Warfare exercise involving ...

The summer of 1952 saw frequent encounters between Royal Navy aircraft and communist jets over Korea, with one of the most famous being the August 9th clash. Four Sea Furies from HMS Ocean took on ...

HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy's largest ship, moored on the River Thames outside Greenwich where it stayed during the 2012 Olympic games. Dan Kitwood via Getty Images.

The ex HMS Ocean was once one of Britain’s biggest warships. Commissioned in 1998, the helicopter carrier sailed 454,451 nautical miles and completed many deployments. In 2000, she was in Sierra ...

HMS Endurance is currently on passage to Lisbon having sailed from Puerto Belgrano, the home of the Argentine Navy, where she underwent repair work on a rudder problem, writes Captain Nick Lambert ...

The "flagship of the Royal Navy" is to be decommissioned after a multi-million pound refit. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the move would happen in 2018, when HMS Ocean, external "reached ...

The Royal Navy's largest ship, Devonport-based HMS Ocean, will remain in service, says Defence Secretary Liam Fox.