GO AHEAD, make his day.Mne ‘Stretch’ Taylor practises his pistol skills on the flight deck of HMS Monmouth as the Black Duke knuckles down to anti-piracy patrols of the Gulf of Aden.
The frigate has replaced HMS Cornwall (now back in Blighty) scouring the waters east of Suez for criminal activity.
Before raising the Operation Calash banner, Monmouth received stores and – most importantly – information and tips from the F99 team about how to deal with the pirate menace.
