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GALLERY: Navy Task Force exercises in the Ganges

HMS Bulwark with Bangladeshi Navy vessels JPG (140.9 KB)

HMS Bulwark pictured with Bangladeshi Navy vessels during exercise Shomudro Torongo in the Bay of Bengal [Picture: LA(Phot) Shaun Barlow]

HMS Bulwark with Bangladeshi Navy vessels JPG (118.0 KB)

HMS Bulwark pictured with Bangladeshi Navy vessels during exercise Shomudro Torongo in the Bay of Bengal [Picture: LA(Phot) Shaun Barlow]

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Royal Marines from 40 Commando conduct close enemy attacks [Picture: LA(Phot) Shaun Barlow]

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Royal Marines from 40 Commando receive orders prior to launching an attack [Picture: LA(Phot) Shaun Barlow]

Helicopter flies over patrol vessel JPG (414.5 KB)

A Royal Navy Merlin helicopter flies over the BNS Kapatakhaya, an Island Class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladeshi Navy [Picture: Royal Navy]

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40 Commando Royal Marines conducting a beach assault exercise [Picture: LA(Phot) Shaun Barlow]

Royal Marines wade through the sea JPG (86.7 KB)

40 Commando Royal Marines wade through the sea to conduct a beach assault exercise with offshore raiding craft providing fire support in the background [Picture: LA(Phot) Shaun Barlow]

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40 Commando Royal Marines and Bangladeshi forces patrol the waterways of the Ganges Delta using offshore raiding craft from 539 Assault Squadron to provide protection for land troops [Picture: LA(Phot) Shaun Barlow]

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Bangladeshi children wave at troops from the shores of the Ganges Delta [Picture: Royal Navy]

Riverine patrol JPG (136.3 KB)

40 Commando Royal Marines and Bangladeshi forces patrol the waterways of the Ganges Delta using offshore raiding craft from 539 Assault Squadron to provide protection for land troops [Picture: LA(Phot) Shaun Barlow]

Merlin helicopter and RFA Wave Ruler JPG (272.2 KB)

Merlin helicopter of 820 Naval Air Squadron pictured with RFA Wave Ruler in the Bay of Bengal [Picture: LA(Phot) Shaun Barlow]

Royal Navy winchman looks over urban Bangladesh JPG (583.4 KB)

A Royal Navy winchman looks out over urban Bangladesh from a helicopter [Picture: Royal Navy]

Bangladeshi marine JPG (362.5 KB)

A Bangladeshi marine looks along the sights of his rifle [Picture: Royal Navy]

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Royal Marines and Bangladeshi forces board a landing craft utility vehicle [Picture: LA(Phot) Shaun Barlow]

The Royal Navy's TAURUS 09 deployment recently arrived in Bangladesh where sailors and marines took part in a joint naval exercise in some of the most complicated waterways and coastlines in the world.
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