Chinese flotilla sets sail on escort missions

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-2-16 14:58:08
A missile destroyer
A missile destroyer "Harbin" sets sail at a port in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 16, 2013, to depart for the Gulf of Aden and the sea off Somalia on escort missions. The flotilla, as the 14th batch of its kind to engage in escort missions, consists of a missile destroyer and a frigate as well as a supply ship which are all from the North Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. Photos: Xinhua

A missile frigate
A missile frigate "Mianyang" (R) and a missile destroyer "Harbin" wait at a port in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 16, 2013, preparing to depart for the Gulf of Aden and the sea off Somalia on escort missions. The flotilla, as the 14th batch of its kind to engage in escort missions, consists of a missile destroyer and a frigate as well as a supply ship which are all from the North Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.

A missile destroyer
A missile destroyer "Harbin" sets sail at a port in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 16, 2013, to depart for the Gulf of Aden and the sea off Somalia on escort missions. The flotilla, as the 14th batch of its kind to engage in escort missions, consists of a missile destroyer and a frigate as well as a supply ship which are all from the North Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.

Chinese Navy special force members stand on the deck of a missile frigate
Chinese Navy special force members stand on the deck of a missile frigate "Mianyang" , waiting to depart for the Gulf of Aden and the sea off Somalia on escort missions, at a port in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 16, 2013, The flotilla, as the 14th batch of its kind to engage in escort missions, consists of a missile destroyer and a frigate as well as a supply ship which are all from the North Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.

Family members and friends of a Chinese flotilla's crew members bid farewell to the flotilla, which will depart for the Gulf of Aden and the sea off Somalia to conduct escort missions, at a port in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 16, 2013. The flotilla, as the 14th batch of its kind to engage in escort missions, consists of a missile destroyer and a frigate as well as a supply ship which are all from the North Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)  
Family members and friends of a Chinese flotilla's crew members bid farewell to the flotilla, which will depart for the Gulf of Aden and the sea off Somalia to conduct escort missions, at a port in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 16, 2013. The flotilla, as the 14th batch of its kind to engage in escort missions, consists of a missile destroyer and a frigate as well as a supply ship which are all from the North Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.


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