The personnel returned to their base at Chivenor in Devon

The crew members are back at work and have been receiving briefings before going back to HMS Cornwall in the Gulf.

The personnel were held by Iran for 13 days before returning to the Royal Marine base at Chivenor in Devon.

The eight sailors and seven Marines were seized while conducting routine Royal Navy boarding operations on shipping in the Gulf on 23 March.

Iran said the personnel had strayed into its territory, but the UK said they were in Iraqi waters.

Stories sold

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "We can confirm that some of the individuals will be returning to their ship this week.

"They have been back at work since last Monday and have been receiving briefings."

The MoD would not reveal which individuals will be returning to the Cornwall this week.

CAPTURED NAVY PERSONNEL Chris Air, 25, from Altrincham in Cheshire Mark Banks, 24, of Lowestoft, Suffolk Paul Barton, of Southport, Merseyside Arthur Batchelor, 20, of Plymouth Felix Carman, 26, of Swansea Gavin Cavendish Christopher Coe, 31, of Huddersfield Dean Harris, 24, of Carmarthen, west Wales Andrew Henderson Simon Massey Danny Masterton, 26, of Muirkirk, Ayrshire Adam Sperry, 22, of Wigston, near Leicester Nathan Summers, of Hayle, Cornwall Joe Tindell, 21, of south London Faye Turney, 26, originally from Shropshire Profiles of navy personnel

The Sun reported that they are the only woman captured, Leading Seaman Faye Turney, Lieutenant Felix Carman, boat navigator Arthur Batchelor and the five other sailors.

The seven Royal Marines have been given other postings and return to work on Monday, the newspaper says.

A controversial decision by the MoD to allow the crew to sell their stories to newspapers was revoked.

Defence Secretary Des Browne announced an inquiry into the decision, headed by former BBC news and current affairs chief Tony Hall.

The Royal Navy has resumed boarding operations in the northern Gulf after they were suspended following the capture of the personnel.