Across China: Zhejiang
China Daily | Updated: 2009-10-30 08:07
Fleet leaves for Gulf of Aden
A Chinese navy flotilla will depart from the Zhoushan Islands today to escort merchant vessels and protect them from pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden, a spokesman with China's People's Liberation Army Navy said yesterday.
The flotilla will be the fourth task force China has deployed to the region since the end of last year. Missile frigates FFG-525 Ma'anshan and FFG-526 Wenzhou will replace the radar-evading hulled FFG-529 Zhoushan and FFG-530 Xuzhou from the navy's third flotilla, which set sail to waters off Somalia in June.
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