31.   He was one of the first group of survivors plucked from the sea by a navy patrol.

32.   Howard said Australia was not to blame and announced new measures Tuesday to beef up navy patrols and coastal protection.

33.   In February, a Philippine navy patrol boat cornered a suspected Chinese pirate vessel after a sea chase and gunbattle near Subic Freeport west of Manila.

34.   In late August, the government adopted a new policy of using navy patrols to turn boats back into international waters.

35.   In Madrid, a government spokesman said Spain was sending a navy patrol ship to accompany the Spanish fleet in the Grand Banks waters off Newfoundland.

36.   It came on the fifth day of navy patrols aimed at turning back refugee boats.

37.   Last Friday, South Korean navy patrol boats rammed and briefly repelled North Korean warships, but there has been no exchange of fire between the two sides.

38.   Lara Ayllon fell into the water Sunday night while emptying the garbage on a Spanish navy patrol boat called the Mar Caribe.

39.   Last month, navy patrols arrested eight Taiwanese who were allegedly fishing illegally in northern Philippine waters.

40.   Last week a Philippine navy patrol ship hit a Chinese fishing boat in a disputed area, sinking it.