The Royal Navy has greeted one of its newest ships in a military port for the first time – and bid farewell to another.

The last of the Sea King helicopters to serve in the front line in the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) role have left their base at Royal Naval air station Culdrose after more than 30 years service.

The first of the Royal Navy’s new class of amphibious landing ship has taken to the water for the first time.

Following recent trips to Poland and Portugal, the seven FA2 Sea Harriers of 801 Naval Air Squadron deployed to Pirkkala Air Base in southern Finland for ADEX 03.

More than 500 people joined the Duke of York in honouring the seven crewmen from RN air station Culdrose who died in a helicopter crash during the Iraq conflict.

With the cancellation of Naval Task Group 2003, and its transformation into the Amphibious Task Group which was eventually deployed to Iraq led by aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, the squadron forecast for 800 Naval Air Squadron was somewhat uncertain at the beginning of the year.

The close links between the Sovereign, the Royal Navy and the safety of the nation were highlighted by the Queen as she presented a new Colour to the Fleet in Plymouth yesterday.

HMS St Albans has left St Petersburg in Russia having completed a busy and successful six-day visit.

The largest and smallest ships in the Fleet have gathered in Plymouth for the presentation of a new Colour to the Fleet by the Queen today.

The first extensive dive season on the historic wreck site of the Mary Rose since the ship’s hull was raised more than 20 years ago is to take place this summer.

Pulses were set racing when the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow paid a visit to the Royal Hospital, Haslar, in Gosport.

A Royal Navy diver has removed a live shell from half-way up a cliff by carrying it himself to the top.

Frigate HMS Portland has welcomed family and friends on board for a day at sea before she takes part in a Royal ceremonial – and then deploys to the Mediterranean.

A system designed to improve air quality on board the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines could be used on board airliners to counter real – and perceived – problems.

Karen Joynson’s deployment with 34 Field Hospital in Iraq came to a dramatic end when she was picked up and flung across the camp by a whirlwind, breaking eight ribs and her collarbone.

Holby City it most certainly was not. In fact, when trying to imagine life in one of Britain’s newest – and shortest-lived – hospital complexes, another TV hospital springs to mind more readily.

Two men died when a Fairey Firefly of the Royal Naval Historic Flight crashed at an air show at Duxford on Saturday.

The Royal Family has helped veterans mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.

Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster has sailed for the South Atlantic with two significant birds on board.

It would be a brave man or woman who failed to follow the doctor’s orders of Surg Lts Jamie Phillips, Gareth Wild or Richard Westerman.

An eagle-eyed rating on watch on the bridge of Type 23 frigate HMS Marlborough has resulted in the rescue of three stricken fishermen in South-East Asia.

A campaign medal is to be awarded for services during recent operations in Iraq, Defence Minister Ivor Caplin has announced.

The streets of Helensburgh rang with the pounding feet of the HMS Neptune Field Gun Crew when they started collecting for the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS).

An international line-up is promised for the RNAS Culdrose Air Day on Wednesday July 16.

Defence research group QinetiQ is leading the way in a system which can detect fires hidden on board ships – before they have even started.

Senior Fleet officers are looking at ways to improve life in the Royal Navy – and everyone has a part to play in ensuring changes are implemented.

A Services training yacht has left Gosport on a voyage to St Petersburg, where she will be handed over as a gift to the Russian Navy.

Destroyer HMS Southampton has been involved in the rescue of two Spaniards on a yacht.

Much of the Royal Navy’s Amphibious Task Group left the Gulf on the cessation of maritime hostilities, making their way back to the UK at their own pace.