| | Navy News - News Desk - News - HMS Argyll on guard at Iraqi oil platforms (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The ships’ boats are in constant use, and with the Xeres communication suite, where Argyll and her sea boat can remain in contact by datalink and know each others GPS position, the sea boat can be expected to work many miles from ‘home’ to intercept a suspect vessel. |
 | | Argyll’s helicopter is used to conduct surface patrols, expanding the visual horizon up to Iraq to the north, Kuwaiti waters to the west and the approaches to the Al Faw peninsula. |
 | | Argyll has helped in assisting with this training and fuelling the Iraqi patrol boats, and the first exchange with their Iraqi counterparts proved to be warm and welcoming, with the Iraqis very keen to learn from any British sailor. |
| www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2005/0505/0005052001.asp (672 words) |