They heard the Chinese patrol craft working slowly toward them.

"Except it's likely to bring six patrol craft down on us".

He was just ahead of the fast patrol craft and to its port.

While they'd seen no patrol craft along the coast, he didn't feel like taking chances.

I decided to be military, "The number of your patrol craft, please."

As they drew back, several red patrol craft suddenly emerged.

He climbed out of the patrol craft, his face red with anger.

However, small patrol craft were not subject to any strictures.

The patrol craft had worked beyond them in what looked like a routine search pattern.

After the 1988 incident, 6 British patrol craft were acquired.