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    The Armilla patrol was the name of the Royal Navy's permanent presence in the Persian Gulf during the 1980s and 1990s. The Royal Navy withdrew its forces...
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  • province of Granada Armilla Patrol, the British Royal Navy's permanent presence in the Persian Gulf during the 1980s and 1990s Armilla (genus), a flatworm...
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  • was GBBF. In January 1987 Gloucester sailed for her first deployment; Armilla patrol, protecting civilian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Port visits...
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    ships with various roles. Operation Kipion was formerly known as the Armilla patrol during the 1980s and 1990s. In a new initiative the frigate HMS Montrose...
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    build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq as part of the Royal Navy's constant Armilla patrol, but was not involved in the actual invasion. Cardiff was decommissioned...
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    the submarine Conqueror's periscope. Battleaxe was deployed on the Armilla patrol, the Royal Navy's standing deployment in the Persian Gulf in August...
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    Indies and patrolled the Persian Gulf as part of Armilla Patrol.[citation needed]. In November 1986 at the end of her first Armilla Patrol, she was the...
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    of both national and coalition efforts to stabilise the region. The Armilla Patrol, which started in 1980, is the navy's primary commitment to the Gulf...
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    Frigate Squadron. In 1986, Jupiter deployed to the Persian Gulf—the Armilla Patrol—in partnership with HMY Britannia, HMS Newcastle and RFA Brambleleaf...
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    the coast of Virginia. In 2003 she deployed to the Persian Gulf on Armilla Patrol where she relieved HMS Cardiff. She had arrived shortly before the 2003...
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