COMMANDOS have described the dramatic rescue mission they carried out to rescue their fallen comrade in Afghanistan.

ICE ship HMS Endurance hosted Princess Anne – the first British royal to visit sovereign ‘soil’ in Antarctica in half a century.

BEGINNING life in a new home is HMS Dauntless, the second of Britain’s next-generation destroyers which was successfully launched on the Clyde last week.

THE people of Derby like their submarines… and now they have a new one under their wing.

A RAPID-FIRE deployment for the sailors of HMS Gloucester upheld Britain’s commitment to the global war against terror.

THE first tour of duty by Naval bombers in Afghanistan has successfully come to an end.

THE people behind a top TV series want to know whether it’s been bonkers in the Navy for decades.

ROYAL Marines staged a dramatic helicopter rescue to recover the body of their comrade killed as British forces stormed a Taleban fortress.

TWO Royal Navy Sea Kings scrambled to rescue the crew of a crippled cargo ship as January storms lashed the British Isles.

CARRIER HMS Ark Royal has been formally welcomed back into the arms of the Fleet, taking “her rightful place in the front line”.

FLYING the flag for the Royal Navy at the prestigious London Boat Show this year was frigate HMS St Albans.

CAPTAIN Scott famously called it ‘the last place on earth’.

HMS Severn snared three fishermen flouting international laws during two weeks of hectic patrols in European waters.

THE Navy’s pivotal role in stamping out the Atlantic slave will be commemorated throughout 2007 with a series of major public events.

COMMANDOS killed a terrorist leader as they re-established order in a four-day operation to drive the Taleban out of an Afghani region..

A NEW breed of robots will help RN disposal teams deal with bombs in the future.

SAILORS are geared up for fighting fires and plugging holes in the hull of the RN’s latest warship.

OPERATION Aintree, the three-year tour of duty by minehunters HMS Ramsey and Blyth, has begun in earnest with the ships settling into to their new home in Bahrain.

DESPITE what Crowded House once sang, you can’t always take the weather with you.

HMS Cattistock broke off from fish duties to return to her true purpose – blowing up mines.

WHILE Brits were preparing to tuck into turkey and open presents, Royal Marines were locked in a struggle of life and death in Afghanistan.

THE latest force in the Navy’s amphibious fleet has been officially welcomed into service with a dedication ceremony in Portsmouth.