While sister squadron 800 prepared to disband for a couple of years, 801 Naval Air Squadron continued to flex its muscles against formidable ‘enemies’ in the skies over the Mediterranean.

Valuable war archives are sitting out there untouched – and the Imperial War Museum has appealed to readers of Navy News to help collect them.

Major changes have seen the decommissioning of one historic Naval training establishment, and the creation of a tri-Service college at another.

Royal Navy divers have gone back to basics as they step up security around key ports in Britain.

Four Royal Navy mine countermeasures ships are due to leave Portsmouth today for a transatlantic crossing and a series of exercises with forces of six other nations.

Destroyer HMS Edinburgh has left Portsmouth on a five-month deployment which will see her working as part of the NATO effort in the Mediterranean.

The Royal Navy’s next generation of air-defence warship is taking shape on land, at sea and in the shipyards as progress on the Type 45 destroyers continues apace.

Britain has reached agreement with the United States to buy new enhanced cruise missiles which can be fired from existing and future submarines.

A football match between the crews of two nuclear submarines at the North Pole had to be cancelled – the pitch was unplayable.

HMS Monmouth has a new recruit in the fight against drugs traffickers – a springer spaniel named Caspar.

Two nuclear submarines – one British and one American – have met up at the North Pole after conducting exercises beneath the Arctic ice cap.

Type 23 frigate HMS Norfolk has returned home after a busy five-month deployment in the Arabian Gulf.

HMS Grafton has relieved her sister frigate HMS Norfolk on the Armilla Patrol in the Gulf.

HMS Eaglet has been on hand when required for 100 years now, and as the Liverpool Royal Naval Reserve unit starts her second century, that sense of duty is as strong as ever.

The Ministry of Defence has announced plans to tackle one of the greatest enemies of British Service personnel – ill-health brought on by unbalanced diet.

Trials which saw Army Apache attack helicopters operating from HMS Ocean have been successfully completed, paving the way for the aircraft to take part in amphibious assaults in the future.

Two of the Royal Navy’s minor war vessels have made visits to their namesake towns.

The official logo for 60th anniversary events marking the latter stages of World War II has been unveiled by Veterans Minister Ivor Caplin.

More than 100 years after war raged across the land of the Zulus, Lt Paul Frisby made history at official commemorations marking the Royal Navy’s role in the conflict.

The Royal Marines assault team celebrates its 20th anniversary next month with a celebration for personnel past and present, as well as relatives.

Mr Bert Gulliver has written to Navy News in response to the article in the February issue concerning the loss of HMS Seahorse and its links with the Astley Arms pub in Seaton Sluice, near Blyth, Northumberland.

Royal Navy medics are going on the offensive in a concerted effort to improve the health of the Fleet.

A quarter of a century of Naval aviation has been consigned to the history books in style with the disbanding of the first of the Senior Service’s two FA2 Sea Harrier squadrons – but it is not the end of the story.

Three previous commanding officers will attend the 60th birthday party laid on for HMS Cavalier, Britain’s sole surviving World War II destroyer, at Chatham Historic Dockyard on May 2.

HMS Newcastle has been playing her part in the war against international terrorism by escorting merchant shipping through the Straits of Gibraltar – seen as particularly vulnerable to sea-borne attacks.

Second Sea Lord Vice Admiral James Burnell-Nugent has been continuing his efforts to attract more ethnic minorities into the Royal Navy by inviting Muslim community leaders to Portsmouth Naval Base.