royal Navy

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps made the statement following reports that a test missile from a Royal Navy submarine had failed.

An investigation is under way after footage posted on social media appeared to show HMS Chiddingfold reversing into HMS Bangor near Bahrain.

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said it was believed merchant shipping in the Red Sea was the intended target.

Surveillance aircrafts will patrol the area and auxiliary Navy ships will be ready to support humanitarian efforts and maintain stability.

Nearly three-quarters of a century after the bloody events of D-Day, the memory of the fateful offensive lives on.