A team of top-notch ghosthunters will be roaming Devonport Naval Base over the weekend as a team of experts in paranormal activities look into reports of strange events in parts of the historic South Yard.

Navy News has won six awards of excellence in the prestigious 2004 Communicators in Business (Cab) competition – the most by any single publication.

More than 200 former sailors from HMS Cavalier joined First Sea Lord in a toast to their old ship as she celebrated her 60th birthday in Chatham Historic Dockyard.

HMS Monmouth’s football team can proudly claim to be at least the 370th best in the world.

The largest commitment of Royal Navy personnel since the liberation of Iraq 12 months ago has been sent west for huge war games in the Atlantic.

Sailors from frigate HMS Kent are preparing to make history as the first ship’s team to enter a top Navy field gun competition.

The final resting place of the flagship of legendary buccaneer Henry Morgan is believed to have been found in a relatively shallow part of the Caribbean.

Amphibious assault ship HMS Albion is all tanked up and on her way to the United States for a major American-led multinational exercise.

HIGH profile visits and routine patrols have been part of the varied diet for the ship’s company of HMS Grafton since the ship sailed for the Middle East early this year – but the recent suicide attacks on Iraqi oil terminals has put an altogether different slant on things.

Boarding school traditionally brings to mind a combination of dormitories, prep and prefects on the prowl – but the Navy’s boarding school is more about guns, batons and fast boats as the immortal cry “The Navy’s here!” once more reverberates around the Fleet.

Historians and television crews have returned to the Arctic Circle in the latest attempt to find a British midget submarine lost in an attack on the Tirpitz 60 years ago.

The latest addition to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s arsenal ran into a minor hitch when launched on the Clyde.

A new poster campaign is being released throughout the Navy and Royal Marines this month to reiterate the Service’s zero tolerance stance on drug use.

The Royal Navy will be all the poorer for the retirement of two of its longest-serving – and well-known – figures.

The 200th anniversary of Nelson’s decisive victory at Trafalgar is to be marked by ‘a national commemoration even larger than in 1905.’

Operations by expeditionary forces over the past four years formed the theme of a unique gathering at NATO’s headquarters at Naples – all under the snappy title of Alligator.

While military operations on the ground in Iraq have come under increasing scrutiny with unrest in the country, the key role of a flotilla of Royal Navy ships is all but ignored by the world’s media, writes Lt Lig Hill from Bahrain.

For much of the past two months the British Commander Task Force 150, Commodore Tony Rix, and his multi-national team have been directing a force of up to six warships using Type 23 frigate HMS St Albans as his command platform.

HMS Echo is currently undertaking Military Data Gathering (MDG) Operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf, working in an area that has not been surveyed to modern standards for a long time.

The most fearsome helicopter in the British Armed Forces moved a step closer to front-line service at sea after a gruelling month of trials with helicopter carrier HMS Ocean.

Two Royal Navy ships returned to Portsmouth within hours of each other after long deployments to the South Atlantic.

For 17 hours, HMS Tireless was on top of the world – and the memories will linger long in the minds of the sailors who experienced it.

Type 22 frigate HMS Coventry has taken a major step towards beginning her new life.

The Vikings are here – and almost ready for action. Thankfully these are not Norse raisers in their longboats, but the Royal Marines’ new all-terrain vehicles, now being delivered to Corps units.

Second Sea Lord’s roadshow, led by Vice Admiral James Burnell-Nugent himself, has played to around 600 senior Naval personnel in a bid to explain his vision for the future of the Divisional system.

With tasks including delivering a bell, meeting members of the England cricket team and training up Mps, the crew of HMS Monmouth have been engaged in a busy and varied programme – including successfully capturing international drug smugglers.

British Students attached to Royal Navy university units have helped mark the centenary of Entente Cordiale by making the first visit by British warships to Paris in 14 years.