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• Only remaining ship from first world war Gallipoli landing opened to public

  20 Oct 2014: HMS M.33 will be put on display at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth in time for next year’s centenary commemorations

• D-day tank carrier Landfall refloated for restoration

  15 Oct 2014: Huge vessel that was later a floating nightclub in Liverpool will be moved to Portsmouth to join museum collection

• The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands: the best British war film you’ve never seen

  9 Oct 2014: Its director was a world war one hero, the Royal Navy lent ships to re-create its stirring scenes – and even the Germans liked it. Pamela Hutchinson reports on the rerelease of a 1927 silent epic of naval warfare

• MoD awards £3.2bn in contracts for UK’s naval bases and Royal Navy fleet

  1 Oct 2014: Deals said to secure 1,500 jobs at Faslane on the Clyde, up to 4,000 at Devonport and more than 2,000 at Portsmouth

• Defence ministry agrees to provide court information to reporters

  17 Sep 2014:

  Military Court Service changes its mind about secrecy

• Society of Editors to investigate military trial 'obstructionism'

  15 Sep 2014:

  Journalists complain about Military Court Service secrecy

• British military mulls implications of vote for Scottish independence

  4 Sep 2014: Much negotiation lies ahead if Scotland leaves the UK, not least a debate about the strategic benefits of nuclear weapons
  
  • Scottish voters contemplate nuclear option for Faslane

• The shortcomings of national heroes

  21 Aug 2014: Letters: In practically everything he wrote, Nelson revealed himself as a man convinced of his own superiority and rectitude

• How a letter from Admiral Nelson offers hope to us mere mortals

  18 Aug 2014: Kathryn Hughes: The correspondence of historical figures reveals their worries and shows they often had little idea they were destined for greatness

• Trident missiles 'could be relocated to Plymouth from independent Scotland'

  14 Aug 2014: Devonport is obvious alternative to Faslane for Britain's nuclear missiles, says Rusi thinktank, despite risk of 'accidental ignition'

• Royal Navy commander removed from post after claims of affair

  8 Aug 2014: Commander Sarah West will be reappointed within the service, but has been removed from command of HMS Portland

• Royal Navy evacuates Britons from Libya amid fierce fighting

  3 Aug 2014: HMS Enterprise diverted to waters off Tripoli after Foreign Office announced it was temporarily closing embassy

• Why should trailblazing women have to project a perfect image?

  2 Aug 2014: Royal Navy Commander Sarah West has attracted far more criticism and press attention over her alleged affair with a shipmate than a man would have received, writes Becky Wilson

• Navy warship commander leaves ship over affair claims

  26 Jul 2014: Investigation launched after Sarah West, first female commander of major warship, allegedly had relationship with shipmate

• Naval thinking in the civil service

  21 Jul 2014: Letters: I had remarked to my boss that I was amazed that being a civil servant could be such fun. 'Ah,' he replied, 'but you are being a naval officer'

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