The British Royal Navy's largest aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was pulled out from the biggest-ever NATO exercise since the Cold War. According to the UK Defence Ministry, last-minute checks found issues with its starboard propeller shaft, prompting the decision.

Gravitas | Britain's largest warship pulled out from biggest NATO drills since Cold War

Two British Royal Navy mine-hunter vessels sustained some damage after being involved in a collision at a port in Bahrain, the Royal Navy confirmed. The footage of the incident which took place on Friday (Jan 19) has since been widely shared on social media.

Watch | Two British Navy ships collide off Bahrain, sustain ‘damage’

The United States Navy, on Sunday (June 4) said its personnel along with the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz, in the Persian Gulf after three fast-attack boats from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard allegedly “harassed” it.

US, UK navies respond to ‘distress call’ in Strait of Hormuz after Iranian boats ‘harassed’ ship

The British Royal Navy and its warship HMS Montrose recently confiscated illicit drugs worth more than $17 million from a boat in the Arabian Sea. The warship and its crew managed to seize hundreds of kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine from a small local ship after a gruelling six-hour-long operation.