NAVAL leaders have provided incontrovertible proof that British sailors and marines from HMS Cornwall were ambushed and kidnapped by Iranian forces.

IN February 1982, as the junta unsheathed its sword and prepared to invade the Falklands, two Argentinian divers plunged into the waters of the Rio Deseado.

VICTORY in the Falklands and the future of naval aviation will be the themes of this year’s Yeovilton Air Day.

BARELY five months after nudging her way up the Tyne, HMS Northumberland was back at Spiller’s Wharf, a stone’s throw from Newcastle city centre, on a goodwill visit.

FIVE months of chasing drug-runners and spreading goodwill have ended for the men and women of the good ship Lancaster.

FOR the first time the nation’s flagship has played host to the bombers which will form her punch for the remaining years of her life.

CINEMAGOERS might catch a glossy minute-long trailer produced by the RN celebrating its role in suppressing the trade 200 years ago.

FIVE months of chasing drug-runners and spreading goodwill have ended for the men and women of the good ship Lancaster.

THE helicopter of HMS Monmouth plucked 11 sailors to safety as their cargo ship foundered in a storm between Crete and Cyprus.

ICE survey ship HMS Endurance has been basking in the glow… of publicity after hosting a TV crew for three weeks around Antarctica.

WHAT began as an experiment four decades ago has now celebrated its 40th birthday: the first University Royal Naval Unit.

IT’S amazing what you can snap up on the Internet auction site eBay.

THE waves crashing against the Cornish shore provide a spectacular backdrop.

NAVAL base bosses at Faslane are hoping to emulate their counterparts on the Solent by slashing the running costs of the establishment.

SAILORS and Royal Marines evacuated civilians from the Cornish coast in scenes reminiscent of last year’s Beirut crisis.

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HMS Edinburgh provided a welcome lift to one of the world’s most renowned yachtsmen as he ploughed the southern ocean.

FRIGATE HMS Cornwall made a small piece of RN history when she became the first British warship to visit a naval base in Croatia.

THE latest stage of the Royal Marines’ winter offensive against the Taleban saw the enemy’s stranglehold on the southern town of Garmsir broken.

A SEVEN-MONTH tour of duty in the Gulf in the full glare of publicity helped to win assault ship HMS Bulwark a coveted award.