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24 NAVY NEWS, OCTOBER 2009
Two 22s, o
Continued from p23 game before the visit. during half-time tmarina
her deployment – and after almost a month at sea on The Cumberland team were welcomed to the The final scor
continuous patrol – Cornwall put into Dubai for some Pakistan Navy Recruit School, PNS Himalaya, where 55 – not bad for a
mechanical maintenance and a break for her sailors, the match was staged, by an impressive brass band. last...
some of whom met up with their families. The basic rules and tactics of Asian-style kabaddi After the match
Dubai was also the destination for sister ship HMS were explained to them – not a million miles from staff and studen
Cumberland, but the weeks leading up to her self- a combination of British Bulldog and rugby 7s welcoming and, a
maintenance period were a little different to those of while holding your breath – then it was straight into whole team is hoo
Cornwall. action. “It’s a cracking
The ‘Mighty Sausage’, conducting Maritime As expected, the host team took an early lead as to play again whe
Security Operations as part of coalition task forces, their visitors got a feel for the game, but slowly the From the new
had met up with Cornwall in the Gulf of Aden during Cumberland team dragged themselves back into young(ish) PO(M
August, prompting Capt David Dutton, Commanding contention. Type 21 frigate H
Officer of Cumberland, to observe that “it was Logs (SC) Chris Pothecary and ET(WE) Andy And 21 years o
pleasing to see two operationally-focused deployed Kirkcaldy showed some nifty footwork, coupled with – Cumberland’s M
Type 22s in the same area doing important work in strength and speed, to gain points when attacking, while with a group of
demanding conditions.” LPT ‘Blood’ Reid showed off his own fancy footwork 21 veteran PO(CI
But Cumberland had an out-of-area visit to make
Rattler releases before she was back in harness, to the
● Clockwise from top left: HMS Cumberland stands by as her board
great Pakistani port city of Karachi.
whale spotted by Cornwall’s fl ight crew; Somali Coast Guards head ba
While the visit was designed to strengthen ties
meeting and patrol with Cornwall; Cumberland seen from Cornwall; sailo
between the two navies, including briefings and
in Karachi; Cumberland at sea; Rattler, Cornwall’s Lynx, fi res her fl ares
exercises, for some it opened the door to new
the Gulf of Aden from Cornwall; Cornwall’s PO Des O’Connor directs Ra
experiences, such as those of the Cumberland kabaddi
from HMS Cornwall assist El Salam, a dhow which suffered engine trou
team – most of whom had never even heard of the
Cornwall meet up east of Suez Pictures: PO(Phot) Owen King (Cornwall)
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