While the events of 200 years ago at Trafalgar are occupying the attention of many people in the UK, the Japanese are today remembering their own ‘Trafalgar’, when a bold Nelsonian manoeuvre by their admiral destroyed an enemy fleet and heralded the dawn of a new style of maritime conflict.

HMS Chatham is back home after a deployment which allowed her to demonstrate a wide range of capabilities.

A Royal Navy admiral has been placed in temporary charge of a NATO headquarters – just in time for a crucial assessment.

Sailors in HMS Tyne have proved the capability of the River class by carrying out the first RAS involving the patrol ship.

Submariners from HMS Trafalgar have done their bit to maintain a tradition of Naval graffiti in Bermuda – but they could be the last to add a splash of colour to the walls of a former British dockyard

The British submarine rescue vessel has completed a refit which will see it continue for another quarter of as century.

Sailors from HMS Portland spent four days renovating the run-down Our Lady of Guadelupe School in the Sierra Leone town of Lunsar – but left humbled by the experience, and wishing they could have done more.

A full and varied programme has given HMS Argyll the perfect start to her time as the Guardship on Operation Telic in the Northern Arabian Gulf – including protection of vital oil platforms off the coast of Iraq.

Ice patrol ship HMS Endurance returned from her annual deployment this morning – and she returns to a high-profile role in the International Fleet Review next month.

A coalition task group in the Middle East, under the command of the Royal Navy, has saved almost 100 people from drowning after their overcrowded boat capsized.

The Royal Navy’s newest ship, amphibious assault ship HMS Bulwark, has been commissioned into the Fleet at a ceremony in her home base of Devonport.

NOT 60, but 50 years of freedom were celebrated in Plymouth.

As reunions go, what these submariners lacked in numbers they made up in spirit and enthusiasm – a state of affairs summed up by the classic cartoon by Tugg.

Under the scorching Mediterranean sun, British sailors dressed in whites bore coffins draped with the Union Flag.

Nine months of work has finished on upgrading one of the main gates at Portsmouth Naval Base, which has now re-opened for traffic.

She has done a grand job – but she has had her day.

Aircraaft carrier HMS Illustrious has just completed a five-day visit to London following a training session which will prepare her for front-line duties.

HMS Sutherland represented the Royal Navy at ceremonies in Russia to mark the 60th anniversary of victory in the war in Europe.

The Queen has led ceremonies in the Channel Islands to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Channel Islands from Nazi control.

A major accident control exercise is to take place in Plymouth today – so there could be some big bangs to be heard during the course of the day.

The final act of an illustrious squadron’s history combined grace and raw power into a poignant curtain call at the unit’s home base.

The first of the Duke-class frigates to enter service has now become the first of the class to bow out.

A chain of events, the outcome of which no one could have predicted, was the root cause of the tragedy which killed a Canadian naval officer on board a former Royal Navy submarine, a Canadian Board of Inquiry has concluded.

Youngsters across the land are being invited to make figureheads as part of this year’s commemorations of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Woking Sea Cadets embarked in Royal Fleet Auxiliary supply ship Fort Victoria got to grips with fire fighting procedures, and found out what it feels like to have 200 tones of seawater dumped on them during an exercise.

A rare carved limewood model of the figurehead from King George III’s flagship HMS Queen Charlotte, rescued from a garage, is expected to sell for more than £50,000 at auction this summer.

The Royal Navy has produced its strongest showing yet at the Combined Services Real Tennis and Rackets Championships at Queens Club in London, reaching the final of three of the six events, and the semi-finals of the remaining three.