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£45m lottery winner’s Marine son off to war

18.11.09
The son of Britain’s biggest lottery winner is preparing to fight in Afghanistan, according to reports... more

Prince Harry’s help for wounded Marine

19.08.09
Royal Marine badly wounded in Afghanistan said Prince Harry was backing him in his battle for better compensation for injured troops... more

Warship sailor on drug-smuggling charge

18.08.09
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NATO sailors in hot water after racing dinghies near holiday beach

14.08.09
NATO sailors brought chaos to a packed Spanish beach when they raced rigid inflatable boats in a designated swimming area... more

Inquest into Marines' Afghanistan deaths

31.07.09
Inquest will be held into the deaths of two Royal Marines whose patrol vehicle was hit by a Taliban explosive in Afghanistan... more

Fly-past to honour oldest Great War hero

30.07.09
Fly-past of replica planes was marking the funeral of the world's oldest man and one of the last British survivors of the First World War... more

Royal Navy pull-out leaves Iraq oil exposed

03.06.09
The Royal Navy has been forced into an early withdrawal from Iraq after a deal to train Iraqi sailors fell through... more

British soldier killed in Afghanistan

15.05.09
A British soldier has died in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said... more

Navy’s air centenary takes off

07.05.09
London was treated to the spectacular sight of warplanes and military helicopters flying over the capital... more

'Simple sailor' is seen as effective, but lacking nous

27.04.09
A simple sailor, not a politician is how Lord West famously once described himself.... more

£35m Maritime Museum wing will be toast of 2012

09.04.09
The National Maritime Museum is to get a £35 million “toast rack” extension... more

UK signs £559 million naval contract with Babcock

31.03.09
Britain's Ministry of Defence said it had agreed a four-year, £559 million pound contract with Babcock International Group Plc to provide support services to the Royal Navy at Devonport naval base... more

Nuclear submarines crash after failing to see each other

16.02.09
A Royal Navy submarine packed with nuclear ballistic missiles crashed into a French vessel in the middle of the Atlantic, it has emerged... more

Captain and corporal who died in blast at Taliban stronghold

16.01.09
An Army captain aged 26 who was educated in Rickmansworth has been named as one of two British servicemen killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan earlier this week... more

British crewmen on tanker seized by pirates are named

19.11.08
Two Britons held hostage by Somalian pirates on a supertanker were named as the Government announced tougher action to police the high seas... more

Slow service, eight drunken sailors, one wrecked pub

19.11.08
Eight British sailors were questioned by Sicilian police after they ransacked a pub during shore leave... more

Yo ho ho and a tanker of oil – piracy’s modern cry

19.11.08
With a vast oil tanker hijacked off the coast of Somalia, piracy is back in the headlines... more

Marines killed by Afghans are named

14.11.08
Two Royal Marines whose deaths brought the British forces' Afghanistan and Iraq toll to 300 were named as Robert McKibben and Neil Dunstan... more

Bomb kills two marines in Helmand

13.11.08
Two Royal Marines have been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan... more

British forces deaths hit 300

13.11.08
The deaths of two Royal Marines in an explosion brought the combined toll of British forces in the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq to 300... more

First picture of new £35m Maritime Museum extension

22.09.08
This image shows the £35 million wing planned for the National Maritime Museum... more

Review: Neat package, but I love my paperback

01.09.08
There are immediate things to like about Sony's digital Reader. It's a neat package, the size of large wallet, the weight of one thickish paperback... more

Sailors test positive for cocaine on Navy ship fighting drug runners

28.08.08
Eighteen sailors in a Royal Navy warship have tested positive for a class A drug, the Ministry of Defence have said... more

Prince William's Navy ship pulls off £40million cocaine bust during his first week at sea

02.07.08
Prince William has been involved in a £40 million cocaine bust during his first week of operations with the Royal Navy in the Atlantic.... more

MoD promotes new Bond book with helicopters, a warship and speedboats - costing taxpayers thousands

27.05.08
Anyone seeing the array of military hardware speeding along the river yesterday might have thought war had broken out... more

£4bn Navy deal back on course

13.05.08
Contract to build two aircraft carriers will safeguard 10,000 British jobs and create 1000 more... more

Maritime museum given £20m by tycoon

27.03.08
A shipping magnate who served in the Royal Navy as a young man has given £20 million to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.... more

Maritime museum given £20m by tycoon who served in Navy

27.03.08
A shipping magnate who served in the Royal Navy as a young man has given £20 million to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich... more

Swinging from the sixties

15.10.07
Taking us through arrangements from yesteryear, Georgie Fame scores a hit with a lesson in big-band cultural history.... more

Cosmic Greenwich opens to the stars

18.05.07
The National Maritime Museum's new planetarium opens next week, promising that visitors will be able to sit back and travel into outer space... more

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