Chinese navy to send escort fleet to Gulf of Aden & Somali waters

[Lankan Ranger]

Chinese navy to send escort fleet to Gulf of Aden & Somali waters

The ninth group of Chinese escort ships will set sail from Zhanjiang in Guangdong Province on July 2 for the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia on an escort mission, China Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said Wednesday.

Yang told reporters during a press briefing that the new task force will comprise the destroyer, Wu Han, and frigate, Yu Lin, as well as the supply ship, Qinghaihu.

Yang said Chinese navy fleets had escorted 3,953 ships from countries all over the world by Wednesday. Among the escorted ships 47 percent were foreign commercial ships, he added.

Yang said Chinese navy fleets had rescued 40 ships chased by pirates to date.

Chinese navy to send escort fleet to Gulf of Aden and Somali waters

 

[milvipes]

Arrr! Avast me hearties, tis time to hoist th' mains'l and raise the joli rouge in search of booty on th' stormy high seas. They be scurvy dogs wearin' th' mark of the Crown, wreakin' injustice on me mateys, who want nothin' more than the comp'ny of a foine wench, a noggin o' rum, and a pinch o' smokin terbaccy in their bowls. They be a motley but foine crew, and d'not deserve th' sting o' th' lash o' th' dank o' th' dungeon.