<p>Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll (foreground) is pictured in company with her French counterpart FS Mistral off the West Africa coast.
</p><p>HMS Argyll’s helicopter, 365 flight’s mark 8 Lynx landed on the FS Mistral. The FS Henaff and HMS Argyll later steamed past the Mistral. 
</p><p>HMS Argyll was scheduled to undertake a range of tasks across the Atlantic in support of British interests worldwide. Her tasking will see her support the counter narcotics effort in the West Africa region as well as providing reassurance to UK territories and partners worldwide.
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