HELICOPTERS and rescue boats from the nation’s flagship were sent to help two fishermen whose boat was foundering off the Horn of Africa.

ENVIRONMENTAL experts have been drafted in by naval leaders in Portsmouth to help pave the way for the arrival of the future carriers.

EXPERTS have begun a trawl through naval archives to create an internet ‘museum’ paying homage to the Senior Service in the troubled 20th Century.

THIRTY of the fastest, most potent helicopters in the world will give punch to the Fleet and commandos in a £1bn deal to revamp the Lynx.

AS beginnings to a deployment go, few can be more varied than HMS Chatham’s.

ENGLAND subjected Sweden to a roasting on the football pitch.

NAVY divers broke off from exercises in Scottish waters to cut a humpback whale free from fishing lines.

THE captain of Britain’s most famous ship of sail headed to the capital to see the greatest monument to the hero close-up.

THE first ship to be built in Portsmouth Dockyard for four decades has arrived on the scene.

SAILORS from the Aquila task force – which includes HM Ships Illustrious and Gloucester and RFA Fort Victoria – took a break from anti-terror and anti-piracy duties in the Indian Ocean to catch the sights of the Indian sub-continent.

THE most advanced robot minehunters in the world are entering service with the RN to relieve the strain on shallow water clearance divers.

THE baggers of 849 Naval Air Squadron’s B Flight have been grappling with cutting-edge airpower at home and in the USA.

AWESOME amphibious assault ship HMS Albion will be the star of this Saturday’s Faslane Fair, expected to draw 20,000 people to the seafront in Helensburgh.

THREE warships have departed Portsmouth bound for security missions with Allied navies.

NORWEGIAN waters have become a ‘home from home’ for the men and women of HMS Bangor on NATO and RN duties.

BRITAIN’S oldest man is today into his 111th year after celebrating his birthday in style.

HMS Gloucester that is…

FISHERY protection ship HMS Severn found herself involved in the second dramatic boarding of the year as a Belgian trawler tried to outfox her.

FOR THE first time since 1999, audiences will be granted the rare pleasure of watching the Massed Bands of the Royal Marines perform the Beat Retreat in the heart of London this month.