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Sailor Charged With Murdering Officer on British Nuke Sub

LONDON -- A Royal Navy sailor appeared in court Monday, charged with murdering an officer and shooting at three other crewmen in a gun spree aboard a British nuclear-powered submarine. Able Seaman Ryan Donovan, 22, spoke only to confirm his name, age and address during the brief hearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court...

Canadians Find British Ship Lost for 150-Plus Years

(July 29) -- Canadian archaeologists found the remains of a British ship abandoned in the Arctic more than 150 years ago after it was sent to find two vessels that went missing in their search for the elusive Northwest Passage. The wreck of the HMS Investigator was detected with the help of sonar technology in the...

No Sea Serpents Here, Says UK's Royal Navy

(May 27) -- When I was a kid, one of my favorite TV shows was a puppet series called "Time for Beany," about the adventures of a young boy, Beany, and his friend, Cecil, the Seasick Sea Serpent. I wondered why we never saw Cecil's tail -- it was always hidden, just like the alleged archives of sea monster sightings in the...

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05/22/12 Huge Royal Navy warship section sets sail in time-lapse Source: Telegraph - London - UK The "largest and most powerful warship" ever built for the Royal Navy has achieved another milestone as a massive section of HMS Queen Elizabeth left port.
05/22/12 U.K. Presses On With Designs for Nuke Sub Replacement Source: DefenseNews.com The British government has awarded industry 350 million pounds ($553.5 million) in contracts to continue design work on the Royal Navy's replacement for its current nuclear missile-equipped submarines.
05/22/12 UK's Royal Navy has first woman at command of ship Source: Boston.com - Boston MA Officials say women first went to sea with the Royal Navy in 1990 and have served as pilots and mine clearance divers in addition to other posts.
05/22/12 New milestone as huge Royal Navy warship section hits... Source: Telegraph - London - UK "There's a massive sense of achievement ... as the team has delivered two large sections of HMS Queen Elizabeth in less than four weeks," said Steven Carroll, the project director.
05/21/12 Royal Navy Medic attends NATO Summit in Chicago as... Source: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Prime Minister David Cameron, Foreign Secretary William Hague, and Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will represent the UK and attend the Summit.

Background on Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Tracing its origins to the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service.

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