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New escort ships for Somali waters
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-04-01 07:51

ZHANJIANG, Guangdong: A second group of Chinese navy vessels consisting of a destroyer, a frigate and a supply ship will set sail for the Gulf of Aden tomorrow to replace a flotilla sent earlier to guard against pirates.

The first warships had escorted 104 vessels and rescued three foreign merchant ships from pirate attacks.

Xinhua

(China Daily 04/01/2009 page1)