| GOSPORT | Hampshire town on Portsmouth harbour; site of a naval base since the 16th century (7) |
| JUTLAND | Which peninsula of Northern Europe was the site of a naval battle in 1916 between the British and German fleets? (7) |
| WARSAW | Capital of Poland since the 16th century; stands on the River Vistula (6) |
| HETHEL | Lotus base since the 19605 (6) |
| ANDOVER | Hampshire town on the River Anton, west of Basingstoke and northwest of the city of Winchester (7) |
| ADMIRAL | From "lord of the sea" and "Saracen ruler", title of a naval commander or flag-officer; the master of a fishing fleet; or, a cone shell (7) |
| SALAMIS | Island in the Saronic Gulf that was the scene of a naval battle in 480 BC in which the Greeks defeated the Persians |
| ALTON | A battle in this Hampshire town on 13 December 1643 was a victory for the parliamentarians over the royalists (5) |
| LOCHLONG | Narrow, deep inlet of the Clyde with a naval base at Coulport (4,4) |
| EASTLEIGH | Get his ale ordered in Hampshire town on the Itchen Way (9) |
| CMDR | Abbreviation of the title of a naval officer ranking below captain (4) |
| MARYROSE | Henry VIII's ship that sank around a mile from the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour during an engagement with a French invasion fleet in 1545 (4,4) |
| DENHELDER | City in the W Netherlands that houses a naval base (3,6) |
| MEREDITH | New Hampshire town on a lake |
| HANDLING | The controlling of a naval rating with a fish (8) |
| ENSIGN | Two hands have to underwrite the position of a naval officer (6) |
| USURPS | Two hands have to underwrite the position of a naval officer (6) |
| THESOLENT | Stretch of water crossed by passengers travelling from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head (3, 6) |
| MURMANSK | Isle's shrouded in darkness - it's a naval base (8) |
| BREST | Which port in Brittany, north-west France is also a naval base? (5) |
