1.   Shortly before the talks began, the US navy had used Subic Bay to assemble large elements of its task force bound for the Gulf.

2.   The Iranian navy uses Port Sudan as one of its resupply ports and the Iranian air force has been given special landing rights.

3.   Mills said another French decree authorized the French navy to use force to board or fire on any vessel entering the test zone.

4.   The French navy could also use its powerful tugboats as a physical barrier against protest vessels.

5.   The dropping of a time ball followed by a cannon shot was long used by navies as a time marker to help ship captains set their chronometers.

6.   The navy could use its Collins class submarines, which can be fitted out to deploy the missiles.

7.   The navy used a remote-controlled robot to untangle the body and bring it to the surface.

8.   The navy was using sonar to search for the fuselage Friday.

9.   The navy is now using two Argentine submarines.

10.   The navy regularly uses German and Dutch diesel-electric boats for exercises because Britain is selling the last of its conventionally powered submarines to Canada.