HMCS Fredericton Ready To Join Counter-Piracy Task Force
October 07 2009
Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay said a navy frigate is being sent to join international anti-piracy operations in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, reports the Canadian Press.
HMCS Fredericton (FFH-337) is scheduled to leave shortly on a six-month deployment with Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150).
The multinational task force has been operating off the Horn of Africa protecting merchant vessels from Somali pirates.
The Fredericton is the third Canadian frigate to...
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