06 June 2011

UK In Action: Gulf Patrol


Members of a Blue Light Patrol, a detachment of Royal Marines serving onboard HMS Campbelton. Seen here approaching local boat. As part of her Gulf deployment HMS Campbeltown, a Type 22 frigate, patrolled around the oil platforms situated in the Northern Arabian Gulf, the oil platforms were a major source of income to Iraq and as such needed constant observation.


img from UK MoD

By: Widow 6-7

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