The ageing warships are getting increasingly expensive to maintain, with some vessels recently axed in poor condition.

The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate was involved in a collision at sea when a piece of the ship’s underwater tracking equipment came into contact with a Russian submarine, it has been revealed.

HMS Iron Duke, originally based in Portsmouth but now in Plymouth, has spent the past 12 months conducting various ...

The UK Government has confirmed that £941.2 million has been spent on the maintenance and life extension of Royal Navy Type 23 frigates since October 2014, with an additional £63.7 million ...

UK warships have shadowed a Russian task group as it passed through British waters, the Royal Navy has said. Type 23 frigate ...

Royal Navy warships have scrambled to shadow Russian ships in UK waters. Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset, along with minehunter ...

The Royal Navy and RAF have been shadowing Russian warships as they sail through British waters for the third time in six ...

A Royal Navy spokesman said: “The British Type 23 frigate utilised its powerful sensors and radars to report on Russian movements, launching her Merlin helicopter from 814 Naval Air Squadron to ...

The Royal Navy has shadowed another Russian task group as it passed near UK waters. HMS Somerset, a Type-23 frigate equipped with Ant- Submarine Warfare capabilities, closely followed the Russian ...

Royal Navy Type 23 frigate ship, HMS Somerset, based in Plymouth, and tanker RFA Tidesurge, alongside a Merlin helicopter, ...

UK warships have shadowed a Russian task group as it passed through British waters, the Royal Navy has said. Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset and minehunter HMS Cattistock, along with RFA Tidesurge ...