Hostage Faye Turney hasn't given share of cash to crewmates

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Faye Turney had promised to donate some of the estimated £80,000 she made to shipmates on HMS Cornwall.

The controversial media deals prompted a humiliating U-turn by the Ministry of Defence, which was forced to hurriedly reimpose a ban on service personnel selling stories after initially giving the hostages the go-ahead.

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Propaganda: Veiled Faye Turney flanked by fellow hostages on Iranian TV

Leading seaman Turney, 25 - one of 15 sailors and Royal Marines captured by Iranian Revolutionary Guards while on patrol in inflatable boats - gave interviews to a tabloid newspaper and ITV's Tonight With Trevor McDonald.

During her television appearance, she said: "I want everyone out there to see what I went through. When it comes to the money, the ship, HMS Cornwall, is getting a percentage of that money to go towards helping the personnel on that ship and their families."

But three months after the hostage crisis ended with them all being flown safely back to Britain, she has not handed over the cash, or even said how much the sum will be. Iraq War hero Colonel Tim Collins said last night: "The whole episode beggars belief."

The capture of the Royal Navy personnel in the Shatt al-Arab waterway dividing Iraq and Iran resulted in a huge propaganda coup for Tehran.

They were held for 13 days and had to recite forced confessions that they had strayed into Iranian waters.

After they were allowed to sell their stories, the MoD and the Royal Navy were accused of undermining the reputation of Britain's armed forces.

Defence Secretary Des Browne came under intense pressure to quit over the row before his reversal.

Mother-of-one Ms Turney, who earns about £29,000 a year, was at the helm of one of two small patrol vessels when they were intercepted. She was the only woman hostage.

The MoD said: "Faye Turney made an undertaking that she was making a donation to the ship and that's what she will do. She is on career courses right now and is shore-based. She intends to pay the money to the right people on the ship when it returns to the UK."