1.   For the first time since the Persian Gulf War a decade ago, they also agreed to allow NATO naval vessels to patrol the eastern Mediterranean.

2.   Tensions were high as Canadian coast guard vessels patrolled Georgia Strait.

3.   An Antiguan vessel patrolled the azure-blue waters in front of the club, and turned away photographers who tried to reach the area by boat.

4.   Four hundred naval personnel were involved in the operation in which six vessels patrolled the northern part of the Straits of Malacca.

5.   Italian navy and coast guard vessels patrolled the coast and a battery of anti-aircraft missiles was on alert.

6.   One proposal would allow Italian police vessels to patrol the Albanian coast.

7.   The Israeli-built vessel was patrolling around the Trincomalee naval base when the rebel collision sank it.

8.   The Israeli-built vessel was patrolling around the Trincomalee naval base when the rebel collision sunk it shortly before midnight Friday, said Major Tilak Dunuwille.

9.   The vessel had been patrolling in the Adriatic Sea as part of the NATO military buildup in connection with the war in the former Yugoslavia.

10.   Three Rwandan coast guard vessels patrolled offshore in Lake Kivu, witnesses said.