I was granted rare access to HMS Raleigh in the UK where Royal Navy sailors are trained. I saw how the Navy "militarizes" recruits through its challenging initial military fitness training. "They ...

The base could become home to 45 Commando Royal Marines The Defence Secretary Liam Fox MP has said a naval base in Cornwall will not close. Writing to Sheryll Murray, MP for South East Cornwall, Dr ...

A former HMS Raleigh instructor is retiring after a 'remarkable' 50 years of 'extraordinary dedication' to the Royal Navy. Joe Heppolette, from Torpoint, has worked at the Royal Navy training ...

Three MPs were given a first-hand taste of Royal Navy training on a visit to HMS Raleigh. Anne Marie Morris, Luke Pollard, and Wes Streeting – who represent Newton Abbot, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport ...

HMS Raleigh, at Torpoint in Cornwall, will train 1,100 recruits in 2010/11 compared with 2,461 last year. The navy said it was a temporary reduction because of a successful recruiting campaign and ...

Nearly a century after a British naval vessel ran aground off Labrador, a Dalhousie University professor is preparing a dive expedition to assess the impact of the ship’s unexploded munitions on the ...

A 24-year-old Royal Navy sailor hanged himself in a toilet cubicle at his base just eight days after he started his training. Leading hand Benjamin Thomas, from Mold, Flintshire, was found hanged at ...

A new memorial garden is to be opened later this week which will be dedicated to all the Royal Navy submariners who sadly lost their lives whilst serving their country. The garden will be located at ...

Crew from the Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has undergone training in the operation of the ship’s workboats at the HMS Raleigh seamanship training establishment, the navy ...

Calls to retain HMS Raleigh in Cornwall as the Royal Navy's basic training base have been made in the Commons. Conservative MP for South East Cornwall Sheryll Murray said there was great concern about ...