One unnamed former minister told the newspaper that in 2018, the Royal Navy's HMS Albion amphibious warship left port in Cyprus early after an oligarch-owned superyacht arrived alongside the ...

One former minister noted that the UK military was well aware of such threats. For instance, in 2018, when a Russian oligarch’s yacht unexpectedly anchored near the British warship HMS Albion in ...

After a series of suspicious cable cuttings feared to be Russian sabotage, NATO began a new mission called Baltic Sentry to patrol the Baltic Sea. Michael Schwirtz, an investigative reporter with ...

Officials are alarmed after a Russian ship emerged in the Strait of Gibraltar, after being spotted near key undersea communication cables in the Irish Sea. The Yantar, meaning amber in Russian, is ...

This decision was made upon attempts to staff one of the assault ships with a full crew for deployment in the Red Sea, amid a strengthened presence to protect civilian shipping. Amphibious assault ...

This makes the accession of Finland, and the imminent accession of Sweden, to NATO, as the key, final pieces of the jigsaw in creating a "NATO lake," one which nonetheless brings with it challenges, ...

For the past half dozen years amphibious flagship HMS Albion has sailed the world, initially to the Far East in 2018, then spending most winters and springs in the Arctic and Baltic with autumn ...

NATO member ships participating in exercise Baltic Operations 2023 (BALTOPS 23) steam in formation through the Baltic Sea June 4. (MC2 Mario Coto/Navy) The U.S. Navy and its NATO allies and ...

Release from U.S. Sixth Fleet & Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO Public Affairs ***** June 16, 2023 KIEL, Germany – Nineteen NATO Allies and one NATO partner nation, Sweden, concluded the 52nd ...

The largest naval exercise of 2023 in the Baltic Sea, Baltops 23, started in Tallinn on 3 June, bringing over 30 NATO warships and close to 3,700 naval personnel to the Estonian capital city. “This ...