Gibraltar: Searches To Continue For Missing Simon Parkes
Royal Navy rating Simon Parkes was 18 years old when he went missing in Gibraltar in December 1986.
Royal Navy rating Simon Parkes was 18 years old when he went missing in Gibraltar in December 1986.
We take a look at the history of the territory.
The two new fast patrol vessels will be used to patrol HMNB Gibraltar and British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.
Commodore Tim Henry has stood down after 22 months in charge of British Forces Gibraltar to take up a senior post at NATO headquarters.
Military personnel will be able to take part in outdoor physical training from Saturday.
Commodore Tim Henry says decisions taken to tackle COVID-19 will be "tailored" by the Gibraltar government.
The Navy's Gibraltar Squadron works 24 hours a day, seven days a week to keep watch over the territory's shores and coastline.
Despite its size, all three services of the UK Armed Forces have a presence in Gibraltar.
Hundreds of British personnel live and work on the Rock, while 96% of Gibraltar voted to remain in the European Union in 2016.
The British Overseas Territory is a peninsula which shares a border with Spain.
The search has found some bone material which needs to be analysed.
The Royal Navy radio operator went missing in 1986 when the aircraft carrier on which he was serving, HMS Illustrious, docked in Gibraltar.
The teenage radio operator went missing in December 1986, after he went ashore in Gibraltar.
The ship was detained by the Royal Marines last month and has since changed its name from Grace 1 to Adrian Darya 1.
Gibraltar's Supreme Court ordered the vessel, the Grace 1, to be freed on Friday.
HMS Forth began operations earlier this year after an intensive period of training off western Scotland.