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Chinese navy fleet returns from Gulf of Aden escort missions

PLA Daily

Source: Xinhuanet
Editor: Huang Panyue

2021-11-15 23:38:32

HANGZHOU, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese naval fleet Monday returned to a military port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, after concluding escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia.

The 38th naval escort fleet, comprised of missile destroyer Nanjing, missile frigate Yangzhou, and supply ship Gaoyouhu, weighed anchor on May 15 at a military port in Zhoushan.

The last 185 days saw the fleet escort 45 Chinese and foreign ships and sail more than 90,000 nautical miles.



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