HMS Iron Duke was the second battleship named after the Duke of Wellington. The first, scrapped in 1906, had the distinction of ramming and sinking HMS Vanguard, another Royal Navy battleship.

Iron Duke Back in Action After Major Refit. Posted: April 1, 2025 | Last updated: June 16, 2025. After four years away for an extensive refit and upgrades, HMS Iron Duke returns to Portsmouth to a ...

Royal Navy warships and helicopters have shadowed five Russian vessels through UK waters in the space of a week.

An extremely busy period for a Royal Navy frigate has come to an end.HMS Iron Duke, originally based in Portsmouth but now in Plymouth, has spent the past 12 months conducting various assignments ...

Royal Navy's HMS Iron Duke is put back into the water at HMNB Devonport following lengthy refit (Image: Lewis Brennan). Commander Jim Ellis from the Surface Flotilla’s Devonport Refit Support ...

HMS Iron Duke will be sailing into Portsmouth Harbour today. Pictured is King Charles III and Queen Camilla leaving HMS IRON DUKE on September 22, 2023. Picture: LPhot Gareth Smith/Royal Navy.

Along with the U.S. Coast Guard and another British vessel, the HMS Iron Duke intercepted the boat on Sept. 15 and spent the next 24 hours searching for contraband.

The HMS Iron Duke intercepted an oceangoing speedboat Saturday at 1712 BST, hundreds of miles northeast of Barbados, in a joint operation with the United States Coast Guard, the Defense Ministry said.

Crowds of people in Portsmouth wave off a Royal Navy warship and its crew on a six-month deployment to the Gulf region.

HMS Iron Duke was the second battleship named after the Duke of Wellington. The first, scrapped in 1906, had the distinction of ramming and sinking HMS Vanguard, another Royal Navy battleship.