Welcome home ... hundreds of family and friends were in Devonport to receive the sailors

A SEAMAN'S daughter was so desperate to tell her father the good news at HMS Ocean's homecoming today — she unfurled a giant banner reading: "Dad I'm pregnant."

The beaming girl proudly held her message aloft as the warship returned to Royal Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth after seven and a half months at sea.

The ship's crew have not only helped bring down Libyan tyrant Colonel Gaddafi during their deployment — but also become unwitting internet sensations.

A video of a band of would-be pop stars on board lip-syncing to Mariah Carey's hit All I Want For Christmas Is You has gone down a storm online.

More than a million people have watched their video on YouTube so far. And it has even received praise from the singing legend herself.       More Read