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HMS Medway berthed at East Cove port, her home in the Falklands. Picture: Royal Navy.

HMS Medway finishes Falklands missions amid Argentina tension

Captain Davey laying a wreath.

Royal Navy sailors pay respects to fallen comrades at remembrance services

Pictured is: The flag is unfurled. Picture: Keith Woodland (121121-65)

In pictures: Royal Navy hold Remembrance Sunday service at Southsea Naval Memori...

F35b jets line the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth, as the Royal Navy aircraft carrier leaves Portsmouth Harbour on November 3. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

HMS Queen Elizabeth resumes Autumn deployment with Nato allies

HMS Dauntless seizing a huge cocaine haul in the Caribbean.

In Pictures: HMS Dauntless seizes huge £60m cocaine haul from smugglers

Royal Navy drill and preparations for the National Service of Remembrance at HMS Excellent in Portsmouth, on Friday, November 3. Picture: Sarah Standing (031123-2561)

Sailors to honour lost loved ones prepare for Remembrance services

Classic cinema in Commercial Road, opposite Arundel Street junction and the lowering a 10-inch main pipe by Portsmouth Water Company in the foreground.

47 rarely-seen photos of Portsmouth's Commercial Road

HMS Trent in Lagos. Picture: Royal Navy

HMS Trent continues Africa mission to protect vital trade routes worth millions

The Wildcat helicopter stands guard over the drugs haul on the frigate's flight deck. Picture: Lt Cdr Jason Jones/Royal Navy.

Huge heroin and hashish haul seized by sailors

Free for editorial use image, please credit: imagecomms Clipper Race 23/24:The Clipper Round The World Race has begun with sailors setting sail from Portsmouth. Picture: clipperroundtheworld.com

Sailors begin epic 11 month global voyage in Clipper Round The World race

It is the first time the race will be hosted in Portsmouth since 2000. Picture: Sam Stephenson.

Clipper sailors set to start epic round the world race this weekend

HMS Spey arriving in Dili, Timor-Leste. Picture: Royal Navy.

HMS Spey becomes first Royal Navy vessel to visit Timor-Leste since independence

Junior doctors and their families and friends outside the entrance to QA Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, at the previous junior doctor strikes. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Junior doctor strikes to take place tomorrow

HMS Dauntless crews have being helping save sea turtles from life-threatening hazards in the Caribbean. Pictured: Turtle of Curacao. Picture: LPhot Gareth Smith/Royal Navy.

HMS Dauntless sailors protect sea turtles from life-threatening hazards

HMS Trent in Africa, as viewed from its Puma surveillance drone. Picture: Royal Navy.

HMS Trent reaches Africa to combat piracy and armed robbery

HMS Queen Elizabeth alongside Portsmouth on the morning of June 22. Jake Corben - JC Maritime Photos. GV

HMS Queen Elizabeth returns to Portsmouth in early hours
HMS Queen Elizabeth has returned home to Portsmouth following her latest operation

Dave Nutter, 63, of Fareham, passed away on July 18 after suffering a heart attack on the M27. Pictured is Dave alongside his grandsons, Tristin, nine, and Archie, five.

Family pay tribute to "loving" navy veteran who died after heart attack on M27

The commemoration of the memorial on Balalae Island, Solomon Islands. Picture: Royal Navy

Sailors restore WW2 memorial honouring executed prisoners

HMS Dauntless. Picture: LA(PHOT) Guy Pool/Royal Navy

HMS Dauntless deployed to Caribbean to combat drug trafficking

Pictured: Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth left Portsmouth. HMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy. It is capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft. © Will Dax/Solent News & Photo Agency

HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves Portsmouth

Lancaster's sailors and Royal Marines pose with the haul of hashish:HMS Lancaster sailors and Royal Marines pictured alongside the haul of hashish. Picture: Royal Navy

HMS Lancaster seizes huge drug haul after helping evacuate civilians from Sudan

From left, Indy, 3, Theo, 6, Zara, 7, and Mia, 9, on one of the rides. Kidz Island, South Parade Pier, Southsea Picture: Chris Moorhouse

Kidz Island celebrates fine weather after difficult Easter period

The documents were found inside the pub toilets, according to The Sun.

'Sensitive' Royal Navy documents left inside pub toilets

Rehearsals took place at HMS Excellent on Whale Island, Portsmouth on Friday, April 28, for the King's Coronation ceremony. Picture: Sarah Standing (280423-7140)

Sailors prepare for guard of honour at King's coronation

A trainee wearing a VR headset on the bridge wing of the new simulator. Picture: Royal Navy.

Navigation simulators and VR installed at HMS Collingwood

Crumbling building work documented from last spring in HMS Collingwood.

'Horrendous' conditions in HMS Collingwood revealed by 'fed-up' sailors

HMS Defender has returned to Portsmouth after deployment on Operation Achillean in the Mediterranean

HMS Defender returns to Portsmouth with crew praised for 'epic' accomplishments
THE crew of HMS Defender have been praised for their epic efforts across a hectic year of deployments as the Royal Navy destroyer returns to Portsmouth.

RRS Sir David Attenborough in London, as it will set sail from Harwich in Essex on Sunday, for its second voyage to Antarctica. Picture: PA.

Sir David Attenborough research ship to visit Portsmouth

USS Gerald R Ford. Picture: Mark Rutley Photography

Sailors from USS Gerald R Ford to come ashore to Portsmouth

HMS Diamond's sailors get ready to launch the ship's seaboat to help the yacht on Thursday, November 10, 2022

HMS Diamond rescues four sailors from stricken yacht off the Isle of Wight

Carole Henderson and Andrea Jones organised a coffee morning to raise money for Macmillan.

Navy hosts charity coffee morning to raise funds for Macmillan

HMS Prince of Wales as she sails underneath the iconic Forth Bridge.

HMS Prince of Wales arrives in Firth of Forth en route to Rosyth

Participating ships of Exercise KAKADU 2022 sail in formation during the Photo Exercise off the coast of Darwin.

HMS Spey makes Royal Navy history in Australia - with some smuggling involved

Britain's Princess Anne (C), Princess Royal, as Commodore-in-Chief Portsmouth, meets with members of the Royal Marines Band, who took part in Queen Elizabeth II's funeral procession, at Portsmouth Naval Base on September 22, 2022. (Photo by Andrew Matthews / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW MATTHEWS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Princess Anne visits naval base to offer thanks to sailors at Queen’s funeral

Royal Navy sailors escort the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II. Photo by Daniel Leal - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Royal Navy sailors 'aced' their key role in the Queen's funeral

Around 1,000 Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines are participating in ceremonial duties connected with the state funeral of Her Majesty The Queen on Monday, including the procession of the Coffin with the Royal Navy State Gun Carriage

Duty - and shock - as Royal Navy sailors prepare to bear the Queen's coffin

Crew members from HMS Queen Elizabeth and volunteers help raise a 3.5 ton standing stone, using only traditional methods, at Butser Ancient Farm to mark its 50 year anniversary

Sailors use wooden sledge and rope to lift a 3.5-tonne stone at Butser farm

Gibraltar's mayor and former Miss World, Kaiane Aldorino Lopez, speaking to crew of HMS Dagger

Former Miss World welcomes navy's new £5m patrol ship into the fleet

Diarmaid Ó Cadhla, centre, is ushered off the gangway of HMS Enterprise by a garda police officer in Cork, Ireland.

Former politician arrested after trying to force his way onto Royal Navy warship

The Solent’s sailing community will be taking part in a celebration of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at Cowes on Saturday 6th August 2022. Photo credit Oscar Johns

Sailing community to celebrate Platinum Jubilee with event in the Solent

HMS Bangor in the Gulf of Arabia on February 9, 2022. Picture: Lt Purvis RN/UK MOD Crown Copyright.

Royal Navy first as drone delivers supplies to HMS Bangor during mine hunting ex...

Sailors from HMS Illustrious reunited to raise cash for charity

Sailors from HMS Illustrious reunite to raise more than £1,000 for charity

Sailors on HMS Prince of Wales have been honing their marksmanship during drills in the Arctic

HMS Prince of Wales lets rip with her machine guns during Arctic drills

HMS Protector carefully navigates the Antarctic ice floes

Navy's Antarctic research ship raising climate change fears amid melting glacier

Chiddingfold's team prepare a Seafox mine disposal system for a night mission

Cookies and mines the perfect recipe for the navy crew during Gulf drill

Images of Royal Navy Divers from the Southern dive unit at work. They demonstraited the kit they would use for underwater bomb disposal. This imagery is to be used to support the news stories of any ordinance found by the dredger in Portsmouth Harbour as it is being cleared for the arrival of the Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier.

Royal Navy bomb squad called to suspected mortar

Crew on HMS Montrose sort through all the drugs seized during the latest £19m raid in the Gulf

Navy crew seizes huge haul of drugs worth £19m while hunting Gulf smugglers

Pictured: RFA Wave Knight off the coast of Haiti with a A US ARMY UH60L Black Hawk Helicopter on the flight deck.

Monkey madness on navy ship as crews chase stowaway primates around vessel

HMS Queen Elizabeth returning to Portsmouth Naval Base at the end of her global seven month maiden operational deployment. Photo credit should read: PO Jenkins/MoD Crown Copyright/PA Wire

HMS Queen Elizabeth ends 'frustrating' first deployment with proud return

Commander George Storton reminds HMS Dragon's sailors of HMS Ark Royals achievements and sacrifices

Sailors pay tribute to legendary carrier that was a 'thorn in Hitler's side'

HMS Trent has been on patrol in the Gulf of Guinea. Pictured: Royal Marines from 42 Commando

Royal Navy sailors from Portsmouth take on pirates in west Africa

An F-35 Lightning jet Picture: LPhot Kyle Heller

Cheap rain cover thought to have caused F-35 crash from HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Sultan's commanding officer Captain John Voyce in soak-a-sailor

Royal Navy officers soaked for Children in Need

AB Sean 'Buster' Brown salutes the men of the USS Arizona.

Sailors pay their respects to fallen American heroes in poignant tribute

The commanding officer, HMS Sultan, Captain John Voyce OBE lays a wreath

Sailors remember forces heroes killed in war during poignant drumhead service