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Royal Navy frigate concludes Andaman visit
Calcutta News.Net
Sunday 15th April, 2007 (IANS)
Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth has concluded a four-day goodwill visit to the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) during which the vessel's officers and sailors interacted with their counterparts here.
The ship had been accorded a traditional welcome on arrival here April 11.
During the visit, the ship's commanding officer, Commander T.J. Peacock, called on Rear Admiral P.K. Nair, the ANC chief of staff. He also called on Naval Officer-in-Charge (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Commodore A.V.S. Ramesh.
'The officers and sailors of the ship interacted with officers and men of the command at various social and sports activities,' an ANC statement said Sunday.
'They also visited various places of tourist interest and historical importance at Port Blair,' the statement said.
The ship, named after Britain's Duke of Monmouth, is a Type-23 Duke class frigate with a displacement of 3,500 tonnes and is equipped with modern armaments for anti-submarine, surface and air warfare roles.
Commissioned in the Royal Navy on Sep 24, 1993, the vessel is presently based at Durban in South Africa.
HMS Monmouth has a complement of 21 officers and 125 sailors on board.  Email this story to a friend
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Anonymous
04-16-07, 01:44 PM |
Royal Navy frigate concludes Andaman visit
I am a long ways from home, but I remember Port Blair well. I miss my place of birth; we got thrownout; lost everything.
As a 10 year old I saw the H.M.S. Tiger; she is now known as the I.N.S. Vikrant...I wonder if she has been mothballed.
Shwe Moe
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