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• Operations and Support
  • Global Operations
    • Global Operations Map
    • Operations in Afghanistan
    • AURIGA
    • Operations in the Gulf
    • Joint Operations (RN, Army, RAF, NATO)
    • Haiti Diary
    • RFA Largs Bay Haiti Diary
    • Taurus Task Group Diaries
  • Surface Fleet
    • Basic Facts
    • FAQs
    • Aircraft Carriers
    • Future Ships
    • Type 23 Frigates
    • Type 22 Frigates
    • Type 42 Destroyers
    • Type 45 Destroyers
    • Assault Ships
    • Hydrographic Vessels
    • Antarctic Patrol Ship
    • Mine Countermeasure
    • Patrol Vessels
    • Weapon Systems
    • Fleet Today
  • Fleet Air Arm
    • FLY NAVY 100
    • About Fleet Air Arm
    • History
    • Fleet Air Arm Links
    • Naval Air Squadrons
    • Harrier GR7-9
    • Merlin ASW
    • Lynx Mk8
    • Sea King Helos
    • SAR Operations
    • Lynx Mk7 (Attack)
    • The Jetstream
    • Future Aircraft
    • Aircrew Training
    • FAQs
    • Helicopter Display Team (Black Cats)
  • Submarine Service
    • Ballistic Submarines (SSBN)
    • Fleet Submarines (SSN)
    • NATO Submarine Rescue System
    • Nuclear Power
    • Future Submarines
    • Submarine History
    • Submarine FAQs
    • Fishing Vessel Code
    • Basic Facts
    • How Submarines Work
  • Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    • RFA Flotilla
    • Latest News
    • Basic Facts
    • History
    • Join Us
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  • Royal Marines
  • Royal Marines Reserve
  • Establishments
    • Naval Bases & Air Stations
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  • Fleet Battle Staff
  • Royal Naval Reserve
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    • About the RNR
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    • Reservist Life & People
    • News
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• News and Events
  • Blogs & Diaries
  • RN Live
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  • Local News
    • HMNB Portsmouth
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  • Public Presentations
    • Royal Navy Presentation Team
    • RM Commando Display Team
    • RN Students Presentation Team
  • Hot Topics
    • The Future Royal Navy
    • Sea Your History
    • The Marine Society College of the Sea
    • The National Museum of the Royal Navy
  • National Events
  • Flag Hoist
  • Global Force 2010
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    • Global Reach
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• Multimedia Centre
  • Interactive Tours
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  • twosix.tv
• Training and People
  • The RN Today
    • Navy Command Headquarters
    • Why Do We Need The Royal Navy?
    • Organisation
    • Reference Library
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    • Photographic Competition
    • Diving Operations/Bomb Disposal
    • Ship's Badges and Flags
    • RN Training
    • Naval Heritage Strategy
    • FAQs
    • Visit and Learn picture submission
  • RN Life
    • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
    • Visit & Learn
    • Families
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    • Sports and Adventure Training
    • Uniforms and Badges of Rank
    • Medical Branch
    • Religion in the Navy
    • RN and the Environment
    • Navy Slang
  • Veterans
  • Cadets
    • Cadet News
• History
  • Historical periods
    • Earliest Times to 1509
    • 1509 - 1660
    • 1660 - 1815
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    • 1945 - 2000
  • Naval Leaders
    • Francis Drake
    • Robert Blake
    • Samuel Pepys
    • Lord George Rodney
    • James Cook
    • Viscount Nelson
    • Lord Thomas Cochrane
    • John Fisher
    • John Jellicoe
    • David Beatty
    • Bertram Ramsay
    • Viscount Cunningham
  • Ships
    • Grace Dieu 1420
    • Mary Rose 1511
    • Sovereign of the Seas 1638
    • HMS Victory 1778
    • HMS Shannon 1806
    • HMS Warrior 1861
    • HMS Royal Sovereign 1892
    • HMS Dreadnought 1906
    • HMS Warspite 1915
    • HMS Furious 1917
    • HMS Hood 1920
    • HMS Dreadnought 1963
  • Battles
    • Alfred vs the Danes
    • The Spanish Armada
    • Battle of Santa Cruz
    • Battle of Quiberon
    • Nile at Aboukir Bay
    • Battle of Trafalgar
    • Royal Navy and the Slave Trade
    • Bombardment of Acre
    • Battle of Jutland
    • Taranto
    • Battle of the Atlantic
    • Cape Matapan
    • The Royal Navy and El Alamein
    • The Royal Navy and Operation Neptune
    • Falklands Conflict
  • The National Museum of the Royal Navy
• Careers
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  • Training & Education
  • Sports, Adventure & Lifestyle
    • Sport In The Royal Navy
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  • Health & Fitness
  • Parents / Guardians / Teachers
    • Some Myths...
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