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Wednesday, November 03, 2010

3 Chinese Escort Ships Sail for Gulf of Aden, Somali Waters

Type 054A (Jiangkai II)Three Chinese naval ships left Zhoushan of east China's Zhejiang Province for the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters to protect ships through the pirate-plagued waters.

This has been the seventh escort flotilla sent by the Chinese Navy, which is comprised of missile frigates "Zhoushan" and "Xuzhou," supplying ship "Qiandaohu" and two shipborne helicopters.

It has been the second time for "Zhoushan," "Xuzhou" and "Qiandaohu" to perform the escort mission.

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