The 'first' of China navy fleets in ten years of escort history

chinaplus.cri.cn | Updated: 2018-12-28 14:49

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First armed rescue of a foreign ship

In April 2017, the PLA Navy escorted the rescued Tuvalu cargo ship to safe seas the port of Aden in Yemen. This picture shows the rescue of the cargo ship's crew members by a PLA Navy special operations force. [File photo: Chinanews/Com]

On April 9, 2017 the PLA Navy intercepted a Tuvalu cargo ship that had been boarded and hijacked by pirates in Gulf of Aden. Sixteen members of a navy special forces team boarded the ship, rescued the crew, and captured three pirates.

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