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The most modern browsers will give you the best viewing experience.

The standard UK Government access keys have been used, as follows:

S: Skip Navigation
1: Home Page
4: Search
5: Navy FAQs
8: Privacy Policy
9: Feedback Form
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Other standard keys relate to pages with no equivalent on this site.

Javascript

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Comments and feedback

We welcome your input on all aspects of the site. If you have any comments, feedback or complaints, please use the Comments form provided. You may not receive a personal reply but your comments will be read. Please note that this form cannot be used to contact RN ships or personnel.

Privacy

Stored Data

This site stores no personally identifiable data, except as explicitly required for the sending of E-Cards and Newsletters.

Cookies

A Cookie is a small piece of information that is stored on your computer in the form of a file. You have options with regard to Cookies. By changing the settings of your browser, you may opt to accept Cookies, to be informed when a Cookie is being placed on your PC, or to reject all Cookies. Please consult the manual for your browser.

Cookies are used internally only to enable correct of data management and text-only display. They include no personal data.

The Royal Navy uses pixels, or transparent GIF files, to help manage online advertising. These GIF files are provided by our ad management partner, DoubleClick. These files enable DoubleClick to recognize a unique cookie on your Web browser, which in turn enables us to learn which advertisements bring users to our website. The cookie was placed by us, or by another advertiser who works with DoubleClick. With both cookies and Spotlight technology, the information that we collect and share is anonymous and not personally identifiable. It does not contain your name, address, telephone number, or email address. For more information about DoubleClick, including information about how to opt out of these technologies, go to Doubleclick Privacy Policy.

We also use the Sitestat 4.0 service from Nedstat on this web site to measure and analyse visitor information related to our web site. For that purpose, on the basis of your IP Address, Internet traffic data and data on your browser type and PC are collected, among other things. We will not use those data to identify you personally.

If you would like to receive more information on Nedstat, and the kind of information that Sitestat 4.0 collects and processes, we refer you to Nedstat's web site and its privacy policy on that web site (Website tracking). If you have any questions on that privacy policy or on the use of the aforesaid data by others, please use the feedback form.