A Royal Marine has been killed in southern Iraq over the weekend.

Harassment of Naval families by journalists is “entirely unacceptable”, according to Portsmouth Naval Base Commander Commodore Amjad Hussain.

The first ten British fatalities of the war in Iraq were flown back to the UK on Saturday.

British aid ship RFA Sir Galahad is reported to have edged through a narrow channel and arrived at the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr.

As Mother’s day approaches, one reader of Navy News has put her thoughts into verse.

Two Sandown-class minehunters are to leave Portsmouth today to relieve sister ships Sandown and Bangor in the Gulf.

British aid ship RFA Sir Galahad’s entry to the Iraqi port of UmmQasr has been delayed by the discovery of mines in vicinity of the harbour.

A Royal Marine had a lucky escape when he survived four shots to the head – thanks to his standard-issue protective helmet.

HMS Cornwall has sailed from Devonport for a six-month deployment as the flagship of a NATO naval task group operating in the war on terror in the Mediterranean.

Specialists from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia are involved in a massive operation to clear mines from the shallow waters which lead to the vital Iraqi port of Umm Qasr.

Three of the aircrew who died early on Saturday morning when two Sea King helicopters collided over the Gulf have been named.

Dutch air defence frigate HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck (F812) has made a three-day visit to Devonport Naval Base.

The remainder of Saddam Hussein’s navy has been prevented from breaking out into the Arabian Gulf after a rapid manoeuvre by Type 22 frigate HMS Chatham, reports Neil Sears of the Daily Mail, who is on board the warship.

MINISTRY of Defence police would like to identify this man in connection with an enquiry.

The Queen met Service personnel and their families during a visit to Devonport Naval Base yesterday.

Services of remembrance have been held in the UK and the Middle East for the Royal Marines and Royal Navy personnel who died in accidents in the first days of the war in Iraq.

Eight British personnel from 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines are reported to have died when an American helicopter crashed in northern Kuwait last night.

It has been announced that the Queen is to visit Devonport Naval Base on Monday March 24 to meet the families, children and partners of Service personnel deployed in the Gulf region.

Amid all the media and political agonising over the morality of the conflict to come, the mood on the ground was perhaps summed up by an RM officer on exchange duty with his American counterparts: “We only hear from the vocal minority – we’d like to hear from the silent majority,” he said.

Aircraft carrier HMS Invincible is to be the flagship of the Battle of the Atlantic commemorations to be held in Liverpool in May.

Royal Marines photographer Steve Lewis made his mark on this year’s Royal Navy Peregrine Trophy competition by walking away with three major prizes.

A Royal Navy officer has written to Navy News seeking anyone who served in HMS Valiant when she was attacked at Alexandria on December 19, 1941.

A group of 20 promising young mathematicians and scientists who trained on a collection of wooden warship hulks in Chatham exactly 100 years ago were the first of an unbroken line of skilled Navy engineer apprentices which continues to this day.

HM Bark Endeavour, the replica of captain Cook’s 18th century ship, will be visiting Falmouth at the end of March.

An electronic bulletin board has been opened by the Ministry of Defence to allow members of the public to send goodwill messages to members of the Armed Forces in the Gulf.

One of the first decisions made by the new Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral James Burnell-Nugent, on his appointment at the end of January was to create the post Command Warrant Officer (CWO), taken up by WO Eddie Seaborne, who started his new job on the same day as his boss.

The new Second Sea Lord has assumed control of the Navy’s complex personnel machinery – but the self-styled ‘ultimate Divisional Officer’ recognises the importance of looking beyond the statistics to the individuals who make the whole thing tick.

The Royal Navy’s newest survey ship has been formally commissioned into the Fleet at a ceremony in Devonport.

A new mine disposal system is to be introduced to the Royal Navy to keep its ships at the forefront of mine warfare.

After 43 years in the same building at a Cornish air station, the Royal Navy’s Met School has closed down to relocate to Devonport Naval Base.

Sailors have been able to take a look at the type of new single-living accommodation rooms which they can expect to find at HMS Nelson in the near future.

A brother and sister have met each other for the first time – thanks to Navy News.

This month will see a day devoted to the subject of the venerable Ton-class minesweeper at the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth.