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  Probe into Iran navy crew capture  London: Ministry of Defence has began a review of the circumstances leading to the capture of 15 of its personnel   Navy captives 'face legal action'

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  British sailors held by Iran return to duty   Iraq: 7 of the 15 Royal Navy personnel are back in the Persian Gulf searching for smugglers on the frigate HMS Cornwall   UK sailors 'were in Iraqi waters'


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May.1
Apr.6
  London: The group's officers: The personnel captured by Iranian forces in the Gulf were subjected to psychological pressure and kept in isolation
 Royal Navy personnel were blindfolded and lined up while weapons were cocked. They were told if they did not admit they were in Iranian waters when captured that they faced 7 years in prison

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Mar.31
   Iran: Legal action is being taken against 15 British personnel held captive by Iran for 'entering Iranian waters'
Mar.28 Iran offers UK access to sailors
  Iran has offered to let UK officials visit the 15 Navy personnel who were captured in the Gulf
Mar.23 Iran accuses Britain over sailors
  Iranian government: 15 navy personnel captured at gunpoint by Iranian forces had sailed into Iran's waters illegally
Iran seizes 15 British sailors Map of http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/maps/world/persian.gulf/popup.iraq.shatt.al.arab.gif
  The naval patrol seized sailors who had boarded a vessel suspected of smuggling cars off the coast of Iraq
 The Royal Marines and naval officers were have been apprehended by up to 6 ships from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. The British government demanded the safe return of its troops and summoned Tehran's ambassador to explain the incident. Iran had asked Britain's ambassador to explain why the personnel had crossed into Iranian territory


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Dec.29   2 crew die in U.S. submarine tragedy
  England: 4 crewmen were working in poor weather on the outside of the USS Minneapolis-St Paul off the Devon coast Blast 'kills 90' sailors


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Oct.21 UK celebrates Battle of Trafalgar
  England: Elizabeth II was leading commemorations to mark 200 years since the rout of the French and Spanish navies

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Oct.5   Canadian sub adrift after fire
  Scotland: The submarine in heavy seas after a fire knocked out its diesel engines and injured 9 crew members Jun.23   Iran orders UK boat crew release  The 8 crew members of 3 patrol boats seized by Iran near the border with Iraq are to be released Jun.21   '3 UK vessels seized'   Iran: Iran says it has seized 3 British navy vessels inside its territorial waters near the Iraqi border

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Nuclear submarine sinks Aug.9 Navy blocks oil smuggler ship   Iraq: The British Navy intercepted a ship carrying 1,100 tons of smuggled Iraqi oil

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Oct.27 Warship a casualty of gales  England: Violent gales sweeping the UK have left newest warship seriously damaged after a passenger ferry was blown into it Jul.23 UK destroyer in $66m cocaine swoop  Caribbean: A British Royal Navy destroyer has seized cocaine from a yacht near the island of Martinique Korean ship battle kills four

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Jul.24 Divers find wreck of HMS Hood  England: Royal Navy battle cruiser sank in 1941 by a shell from the German battleship Bismarck May.7 UK nuclear sub leaves Gibraltar  Spain: A stricken HMS Tireless stranded for a year has set sail from Gibraltar



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