A new computer-based training facility which saves on travel time and costs has been officially opened at Devonport by Second Sea Lord Vice Admiral James Burnell-Nugent.

When Cpl Wolfie Rolfe decided to drop in on his son for an unannounced visit, he got rather more than he bargained for.

Commander Andrew Jackman left his post as Commanding Officer of the Special Communications Unit at HMS Collingwood in supersonic style when staff built a (not particularly faithful) mock-up of the fabled Concorde airliner.

Ice patrol ship HMS Endurance has boldly gone where she has never gone before – almost to the foot of the world.

This is HMS Illustrious as you have probably never seen her before – from below.

The Navy’s elite fighting force finally met their match – when they found members of the opposite sex who love extreme temperatures as much as they do.

Former Leander-class frigate HMS Scylla is due to start her new career as a sunken reef off the coast of Cornwall tomorrow.

One year after the accident that claimed the lives of seven Naval aircrew from 849 Naval Air Squadron, a ceremony of remembrance has been held on board the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible.

Work has started on the £3.1 million project to expand the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport.

The Fleet Air Arm Museum is staging a range of activities to keep the youngsters amused over the Easter holidays.

Aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal’s visit to London was a major shot in the arm for the country’s Sea cadet units at the start of a major campaign to raise the organisation’s profile.

Production of the first components for the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), which will eventually replace the Royal Navy’s Sea Harriers, has started at two factories in the North-West of England.

A dockyard workers reunion is to be held on April 1 to mark the 20th anniversary of the closure of the Chatham naval base.

Destroyer HMS Exeter has left Portsmouth on a deployment which will take her all the way to Japan – with plenty of fascinating port visits on the way.

They may be far from home, but the thoughts of the sailors and officers on board helicopter carrier HMS Ocean were with their mums on Mother’s Day – as this photo by LA(PHOT) Angie Pearce shows.

The Royal Navy has handed over command of one international task force engaged in the campaign against terrorism – and taken over the reigns of another group of warships.

Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) Rear Admiral James Rapp hosted a royal visit – and what better ship for the Prince of Wales to visit than HMS Cardiff?

TYPE 23 frigate HMS Northumberland has been maintaining a high public profile during a programme of visits which saw her berthed in London and in Newcastle within a short space of time.

With at least half a dozen ships and hundreds of personnel at sea at any one time, Commodore Bob Thornton does not need reminding of the importance of the oceans.

A major effort to improve the support provided for reservists has been directed at employers across the country.

Crossing the Line ceremonies are still performed on ships of the Royal Navy when they cross the Equator – but the elaborate, highly decorated certificates depicting Neptune and his Court (usually featuring plenty of mermaids, wearing very little) had their heyday in the middle of the last century.

Senior rating Steve Rogers has taken on a task for future generations by helping to honour Britain’s war dead.

Some of the more senior readers of Navy News have written to the editor in praise of the care they received from Navy dentists – citing the fact that they still have most of their own teeth half a century later.

If running the London Marathon year after year becomes a drag, budding Navy fighter controller Stuart Bosley has the solution – run an awful lot further through the searing sands of the Sahara.

An urgent request from Leading Naval Nurse Carl Cowin in Iraq to his parents in Essex was answered by chance in an unexpected way.

Recent cold snaps across the country brought mixed reactions from sailors on Navy duty.

The culmination of more than two years work was marked by Princess Alexandra when she laid the final plank in HMS Warrior’s upper deck replacement project.

Sailors from across the decades who share a common bond have paid their respects to men who died during amphibious landings in Italy 60 years ago.

Impending TV star HMS Grafton is hoping to make waves of her own on a six-month tour of duty in the Middle East.

It’s the end of the road for the Royal Navy’s venerable Big Dipper as maritime exercise ASWEX 04 saw the final flight of the anti-submarine variant Sea King Mk 6.

A new post to defend Britain from seaborne attacks has been created as the Royal Navy’s most senior officer warned that the war on terror is far from over.

The first recruits to join a new environmental specialisation are turning up at HMS Raleigh this month.

Plans are being made for the first major victim of the Royal Navy’s actions in the Battle of the Atlantic to be lifted from the sea bed over the next three years.

Aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal has emerged as the best of a strong field of candidates for the coveted 2003 Desmond Wettern Fleet Award.