Chinese Navy
PLA 11th naval escort taskforce officiallyperforms escort mission
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| After the handover of escort mission, the “Qingdao” warship unmoored and left the “Haikou” warship and the “Qinghai Lake” supply ship which anchored side by side on March 17, 2012. (China Military Online/Mi Jin’guo) |
Under the command of the 11th naval escort taskforce, the 10th and the 11th navalescort taskforces under the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) beganto conduct their second joint escort mission on the morning of March 18, 2012, localtime.
The 11th naval escort taskforce officially took the place of the 10th naval escorttaskforce to perform the escort mission. (China Military Online/Chen Dianhong and MiJin’guo)