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BAE Systems has said its Glasgow shipbuilding programme is on course and a new order of Typhoon jets will help drive it to another year of growth…

30th December 2020 John McVea, class captain of the now 100-year-old River Class which sails regularly at Strangford Lough Yacht Club, had been looking forward to a 2020 season of centenary celebrations. Covid 19 put paid to that, but one achievement which has materialised is the publication of a beautifully illustrated history of the class. The fact that only 12 yachts were commissioned a century ago and that all 12 are still seaworthy is remarkable, a testament to both the boats and the many...

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‘War At Sea?’ The UK right wing press are revelling following the news that PM Boris Johnson is sabre rattling over a possible no deal Brexit by threatening to deploy greater numbers of naval warships to protest UK fishing grounds. Currently two River Class OPVs are deployed in the new scenario two more will be on standby. The UK has also indicated it may increase the number although how at a time RN resources are stretched is another matter. Behind the headlines on this recent ‘storm at ...

Brexit: No-deal navy threat irresponsible, says Tobias Ellwood Published image copyrightGetty Images Deploying Royal Navy gunboats to protect UK fishing waters under a no-deal Brexit would be "undignified", a former Conservative minister has said. Tory MP Tobias Ellwood described the threat as "irresponsible" after the Ministry of Defence said four ships were ready for "robust enforcement" when the transition period ends. UK-EU trade talks are continuing ahead of a mutual deadline on Sunday. Th...

What the last Cod War was like, by a veteran reporter As a young reporter, I was on board HMS Leander in 1975 and saw several hair-raising close shaves between the British and Icelandic boats British and Icelandic naval vessels faced-off in the Cod Wars in the mid-Seventies Credit: Shutterstock Does Britain’s threat of ‘gunboat diplomacy’ stand a better chance of success in saving our fish and protecting our fishermen from France and the EU than we had against Iceland in the ‘Cod Wars�...