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Monday, January 07, 2013

Amatola to resume anti-piracy patrols

SAS Amatola |South Africa will send a Valour Class frigate to the Mozambique Channel at the end of January as part of its commitment to the African integrated maritime security strategy.

There has not been a South African Navy (SAN) presence in the busy east African seaboard channel for a number of months due to unavailability of suitable platforms.

This saw the SAS Drakensberg tasked with anti-piracy patrol duties while frigates were busy with multinational exercises.

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