THE last act of bringing HMS Ark Royal back to life has begun with six weeks of exercises in the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic.

THE crew of frigate HMS Montrose saved the lives of 11 Turkish sailors found drifting in life rafts in the middle of the Mediterranean.

THE annual battlefield tour by part-time sailors from HMS President saw the Londoners pay homage on some of the Navy’s most hallowed ground.

THE personal side of conflict in the Falklands 25 years will be revealed by participants in a series of talks at the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth – and a top-level conference.

HALF-way up an imposing, boulder-strewn hill steeped in naval history, 20 sailors reel in the South African heat.

THE delightful Dalmatian port of Split provided the perfect backdrop for work and play for the sailors of HMS Montrose over Easter.

NAVAL divers tried in vain to rescue the crew of the oil rig support tug Bourbon Dolphin which capsized off the Shetland Islands.

NEARLY a year after being royally hosted by the men and women of USS Anzio, the sailors of survey ship HMS Scott were welcomed with open arms once again – half-way around the world.

A MARATHON deployment to the Far East is drawing to a close for survey ship HMS Echo as she makes her way slowly westwards.

THE principal event north of the border thrusting to the RN into the public eye is being postponed for 12 months while bosses revamp it.

TWO British warships joined Allied navies on a sweep of the North Sea and English Channel, the prelude to a major European conference to discuss fishing stocks.

HUNTER-killer submarine HMS Trenchant has been stalking the lochs of Scotland as she testing her proficiency with the torpedo.

ROYAL Marine Commandos were at the forefront of one of their final actions against the Taleban.

THE biggest ship in the RN inventory is the biggest ship on the beat as she takes up the war against drug-runners.

IT’S been a spring of firsts for the good ship Quorn, the first small ship to receive the RN’s hi-tech electronic navigation charts and the first vessel to receive the freedom of Melton.

BRITAIN’S most advanced warship now has a ‘brain’ with the cutting-edge radar sphere finally lowered into place.

EVENTS on the Thames and off the African coast have commemorated the Navy’s role in ending the Atlantic slave trade.

A LIGHTNING deployment east of Suez has ended with HMS Campbeltown back in the bosom of Devonport for Easter.