A Devonport-based Royal Navy warship has rescued five men from a sinking rubber boat in the Mediterranean. A Lynx helicopter from HMS Cornwall was on routine flying operations when a dinghy was ...

The crew of the recently retired Royal Navy warship HMS Cornwall have taken part in a special parade in Truro. The Royal Navy said the crew would be exercising their "ceremonial historic right" to ...

THE Southampton-based commander of a British frigate on pirate-hunting duties in the Gulf received the Queen's "royal blessing" today. David Wilkinson, 44, swapped his warship's bridge for the ...

HMS Cornwall and the Pakistan warship PNS Shahjahan met in the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea. HMS Cornwall is involved in sea security throughout the Middle East, and crews from both warships ...

The commanding officer at the centre of the Iranian hostage crisis has been removed from his post, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday. Commander Jeremy Woods was captain of the frigate HMS ...

HMS Cornwall, a Type 22 frigate, is due to arrive in Malta today. The ship and her crew are paying a visit to Malta until 28 November 2009 as they head back towards the UK after spending the summer on ...

Falmouth Docks were a flurry of activity on Friday (September 10), as two Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) prepared to leave Cornwall on a deployment which will not see them return for five ...

The Disposal Services Authority (DSA) of the British Ministry of Defence has invited offers for the sale of four decommissioned Royal Navy Type 22 frigates. The frigates HMS Chatham, HMS Campbeltown, ...

Commander has told of the dramatic moment his crew launched an armed raid on Somali pirates. David Wilkinson was in charge of HMS Cornwall as the vessel swooped on a pirate ‘mother ship’ in the Gulf ...

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A Royal Navy sailor has been found dead at a training base in Cornwall. Benjamin Thomas, 24, was a leading hand at the HMS Raleigh shore base at Torpoint. The 24-year-old was originally from Mold, in ...