The Royal Navy said a British warship was sailing through the Taiwan Strait yesterday, a move that challenges Beijing’s claim to the sensitive waterway and marks a rare voyage by a non-US military ...

British warships providing air defence to Ireland during its EU presidency will not be allowed to enter its territorial waters.

Lieutenant Commander Louise Kirkaldy, HMS Portland’s principal warfare officer, said: “The successful firing of Naval Strike ...

A British warship and a helicopter designed to hunt submarines have been deployed off the coast of Co Wicklow as part of a security operation surrounding the meeting of EU defence ministers in Druids ...