Those vessels were armed - after a fashion.
Furthermore, there is a debate on whether this vessel was armed with nuclear weapons.
These vessels were initially armed as 54-gun ships to the 1703 Establishment of Guns (see table to right).
The Danish vessel was armed with a howitzer and had a crew of 25 men.
They remain an exploratory enterprise whose vessels are now armed.
The vessel is armed with two 6-tubed anti-submarine mortar launchers.
"He believes the alien vessel might be armed," Gobit admitted.
In addition the vessels are armed with depth charges.
Other vessels of the class were armed by 2009.
Harding knew now that the vessel was well armed.