Head of Royal Navy suspended pending investigation

found 2025 › May › 09 (Fri) @ 21:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Adm Sir Ben Key has been asked to ‘step back’ as first sea lord, after MoD said he had departed for ‘private reasons’

The head of the Royal Navy has been suspended pending an investigation.

Adm Sir Ben…

Head of Royal Navy, 59, is suspended over 'secret affair with female officer': Married father-of-three faces probe for 'inappropriate relationship with subordinate'

found 2025 › May › 09 (Fri) @ 17:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Admiral Sir Ben Key, 59, is suspected of breaking Navy's strict 'service test' - which effectively prohibits relationships between commanders and their subordinates.

Peter Hitchens questions whether 'smashed up' Britain was actually victorious in the Second World War on latest episode of the Mail's Alas Vine & Hitchens podcast

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 17:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

In evidence of his claims, Hitchens told co-host and Mail columnist Sarah Vine, of his own late father's view of the war, who grew disillusioned years after fighting in the Royal Navy.

Crowds cheer Royal Navy's £3.5bn flagship HMS Prince of Wales as it begins eight-month mission to the Far East in military show of force - with crew ready to defy China over Taiwan

found 2025 › Apr › 22 (Tue) @ 13:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Crowds cheered as HMS Prince of Wales departed her home of Portsmouth to lead an international strike group which aims to send a 'powerful message' that Britain 'means business'.

Navy's nuclear submarine hiring crisis as sailors forced to spend record 204 days underwater

found 2025 › Apr › 19 (Sat) @ 22:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The Royal Navy is struggling to hire and hold on to sailors manning the Trident nuclear deterrent, resulting in shortages of engineers and other critical roles.

Royal Navy on alert to escort essential fuel cargo to Scunthorpe after MPs vote to seize control of British Steel from Chinese owners

found 2025 › Apr › 13 (Sun) @ 01:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The Royal Navy could be deployed to deliver an essential fuel shipment to Scunthorpe's blast furnaces after MPs voted to seize control of British Steel from Chinese owners.

Oligarch spy yachts feared to have helped scout undersea cables as part of Russian plot to black out Britain: Putin 'had billionaire cronies send vessels fitted with mini-submarines to carry out reconnaissance'

found 2025 › Apr › 08 (Tue) @ 00:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The Ministry of Defence and Royal Navy found that Russian reconnaissance devices and sensors had been placed close to vital undersea cables off Britain's coastline

Alliance of pro-Russia and pro-Palestine hackers who despise western values hits UK army, navy and nuclear security office with cyberattacks

found 2025 › Apr › 07 (Mon) @ 08:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The British Army, Royal Navy, and the Office for Nuclear Security have been hit with cyberattacks by the Holy League, an alliance of pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers.

We live in England's saddest town: Government injection of £200million is TOO LATE and we are destined to be forgotten folk living in a hell hole

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 11:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Once Barrow-in-Furness was a booming centre for shipbuilding and steelmaking, launching vessels that were the pride of the Royal Navy. Now it has a deserted high street full of boarded up shops.

Experience: I’m a professional gold hunter

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 16:37 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

It’s not about getting rich. If it was, I’d have paid off my mortgage by now

Adventure has always been in my blood. Growing up in south Wales in the 60s, my dad was in the Royal Navy and I used to dev…