Hunter-killer boat HMS Torbay stands out from the rest of the Silent Service in her new livery: submarine blue.

A SQUADRON of ‘Junglies’ has been so busy in the past few months that it has only just picked up a much-prized award – a year late.

FLEET flagship HMS Illustrious today sailed from Portsmouth to lead an Anglo-French task group on exercises in the Indian Ocean.

ASSAULT ship HMS Albion has sailed from Devonport for the first time in eight months after an £8m overhaul which makes her the nation’s most potent amphibious warship.

THE British sailor leading the Allied task force in the Gulf believes the concerted effort is turning the situation in Iraq around.

COMMANDO engineers have returned from the mountains of Kashmir having built 30 makeshift schools and 17 health centres.

HMS St Albans became the first Duke-class frigate to call upon the people of Bulgaria on the latest leg of her journey towards the Gulf.

WORLD champion rower S/Lt Peter Reed capped a fantastic 12 months by being crowned the military’s top sportsman.

CAPITAL ship HMS Westminster and her ship’s company provided an impressive backdrop as the Royal Family opened the new Welsh Parliament building.

GREEN BERET marksman Capt Simon Lucas has grabbed Commonwealth silver on the range.

YOU’VE got to keep the man holding the purse strings happy.

IN a snow-laden cemetery nestling amid the mountains of northern Norway, sailors of HMS Ocean paid their respects to one of the RN’s hallowed sons.

MEDICAL assistants have been specially trained to ween you off the weed as smoking bans come into effect across the Fleet.

ALMOST 4,000 Royal Marines, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary have deployed to the Arctic Circle for winter war games Exercise Cold Response.

QUITE possibly the most intimidating-looking warship on the Seven Seas joined HMS Nottingham to learn the art of an anti-terror patrol.

NO-ONE could accuse the crew of ice patrol ship HMS Endurance of being cold-hearted (groan – Ed) – not after this heartwarming gesture for Valentine’s Day.

A SHAKE-UP of the Senior Service’s reserve wing sees an admiral take charge of the ‘part-time Navy’.

THE last act in the illustrious career of HMS Spartan was played out on a bitterly cold January day.

THEY call her the ‘ice cream’ frigate.

So instead we’ll just have to say that the England aces Andrew Strauss and Marcus Trescothick were bowled over by their day with the fast jet team at RNAS Yeovilton.

IF there’s one thing you should never do to Jack, it’s throw down the gauntlet.

HMS Grafton bowed out of the public eye with an emotional final visit to Suffolk and the town which has taken her under its wing in an all-too-brief career.

SAILORS in frigate HMS Montrose are convinced their efforts are making a difference to the lives of people in Iraq.