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  • "Hard-headed internationalism" is the future of our foreign policy - PM

    The PM said that the coalition government's foreign policy will be one of "hard-headed internationalism" to advance Britain's national interests.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Navy commemorates 70th anniversary of Battle of Taranto

    Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Taranto, when, on 11 November 1940, for the first time in history, an enemy fleet was largely destroyed by naval aircraft launched from a ship at sea.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Edinburgh returns to fleet after upgrade

    A ceremony marking HMS Edinburgh's return to the fleet after a £17.5m upgrade took place at Portsmouth Naval Base last week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Navy team boards and destroys pirate ship

    A Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel, deployed as part of an international naval task force operating in the Somali Basin, has located, boarded and destroyed a pirate vessel found to be carrying assault rifles and rocket-propelled…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK-France Defence Co-operation Treaty announced

    A new programme of defence co-operation between the UK and France has been announced by British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy today, Tuesday 2 November 2010.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK–France Summit 2010 Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation

    Declaration signed by the UK and France following the UK-France Summit 2010 in London on 2 November 2010.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Ocean welcomed home after world wide deployment

    The jetty was packed with banner-waving families entertained by Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Band of Plymouth as the ship arrived. First off…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Prince William honours UK submariners

    Prince William paid a special visit to HM Naval Base Clyde yesterday to personally present awards to the sailors who maintain the UK's nuclear deterrent.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Montrose aids German ship after pirate attack

    British warship HMS Montrose came to the aid of the German-owned ship MV Beluga Fortune yesterday after she had been attacked by armed pirates in the Indian Ocean.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Astute returning to HM Naval Base Clyde

    HMS Astute was unable to free herself at first but refloated on the first high tide on Friday night. This was a non-nuclear incident and there…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Reports of HMS Astute grounded

    Various media outlets have reported that HMS Astute appears to have grounded off the Isle of Skye.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Ocean rescues sailor in Atlantic

    HMS Ocean assisted the Italian-registered 'Grand Guinea' last week when one of the crew members was struck down with an acute case of suspected appendicitis.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Ocean returns to Sierra Leone

    In 2000, HMS Ocean played a pivotal role in Operation PALLISER, mounted to provide salvation for the beleaguered Freetowners when rebel forces…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • NATO Foreign and Defence Ministers' meeting

    The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and the Armed Forces Minister, Nick Harvey, met at NATO Headquarters in Brussels yesterday for meetings with Foreign and Defence Ministers from the 27 other NATO nations.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Manchester catches Caribbean drug runners

    The Royal Navy warship HMS Manchester stalked a trio of drug traffickers through the Caribbean night and literally caught them napping!

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Montrose disrupts pirates

    The Royal Navy warship HMS Montrose prevented a gang of suspected pirates from entering the Indian Ocean to attack merchant ships yesterday, Wednesday 14 October 2010.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Tireless in multinational submarine exercise

    Naval assets from the UK, France, Australia and the US have completed a major international anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Gulf of Oman.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Argyll arrives home following major refit

    Families and loved ones gathered on the jetty at HM Naval Base Devonport to welcome the Type 23 frigate home. The refit included the replacing…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Montrose deters pirate attack

    Only four days into her latest NATO counter-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden, British Royal Navy warship HMS Montrose has disrupted a group of suspected pirates.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Multinational force gathers in UK for Exercise Joint Warrior

    Europe's largest military exercise has got underway as a multinational ensemble of sea, air and land forces battle it out around the coast of the United Kingdom as part of Exercise Joint Warrior.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government