| VYING | Part of navy in gunship in pursuit of victory |
| VERMEER | Artist showing Royal Marines (instead of Navy) in facade (7) |
| HAVEN | Hold head of navy in harbour (5) |
| UNSTRAPS | Captures part of gunship when disengages (8) |
| PRAISED | Gunship ending up exalted (7) |
| HELGA | Name the gunship which shelled Dublin city centre from the Liffey during the Easter Rising. (5) |
| SHIP | In a word, final indication of rank or position in part of navy |
| FLOTILLA | Part of navy force — great number in a bad way, note |
| UNIT | Part of Navy, Army or Air Force One? |
| DESTROYER | Part of navy does, for example, around second besieged city |
| USAF | Horrible snafu in absence of navy and defenders of America's sky, in short (1,1,1,1) |
| HINDON | Airbase near New Delhi where three Apache gunships were transported upon their arrival in India. (6) |
| SIGNSUP | Husband flees new gunships and enlists (5,2) |
| GILLS | Underwater breathers ill aboard empty gunships (5) |
| ADMIRALTY | Notice a lieutenant in muddy office of navy bigwig (9) |
| ADORN | Trouble in front of Navy deck (5) |
| KERNEL | Core of navy harboured in ship's base (6) |
| NARMADA | First show of navy fleet in river (7) |
| TORNADO | Whirlwind in the view of navy linked to fuss (7) |
| GUERNSEY | Channel Island where Victor Hugo spend time in exile; or, a mariner's traditional style of navy jersey (8) |
