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one objective
alf-time to keep the crowd entertained. PNS Khaibar, formerly HMS Arrow. company, Badr to prepare for exercises with the
nal score was Himalaya 67, Cumberland Most of the ship was still familiar to the pair, and Chinese Navy and Cumberland to rejoin her counter-
bad for a first attempt. But possibly not the Lt Cdr Edwins said: “It was a tremendous thrill to terrorist and anti-piracy patrols.
revisit a Type 21, 21 years after having last served in The frigate has since been busy monitoring the
he match Lt Andrew McAllister said: “The one, and see that they were still wearing well. movements of cargo and fishing dhows in her patrol
d students at PNS Himalaya were very “The Pakistani Navy are doing a wonderful job of area, establishing the normal pattern in order that
ng and, after only one game of kabaddi, the looking after these great-looking ships and that is very suspicious activity can be more easily recognised.
am is hooked. reassuring.” Breaking off from her Coalition Task Force (CTF)
cracking game, and plans are already in place Indeed, marine engineers at Karachi have managed 151 patrols in and around the Gulf of Aden, the Type
gain when we are back in the UK.” to extend the life of both the Tyne and Olympus gas 22 made a brief call at Salalah in Oman to stock up
the new to the familiar – in March 1988, a turbine engines by several thousand hours with no and embark high-priority items to make repairs.
h) PO(MEA) Mark Edwins was serving in loss of power and the full blessing of Rolls-Royce. Both frigates are due to be deployed until the end
frigate HMS Alacrity, now PNS Badr. On sailing from Karachi, Cumberland conducted of the year, when they will return to their home base
1 years on Mark is a lieutenant commander joint training with PNS Badr, then the two parted of Devonport.
rland’s Marine Engineer Officer – and went
roup of shipmates (including another Type
n PO(CIS) ‘Stretch’ Long) to tour Type 21
er boarding parties investigate a dhow; a
head back to Boosaaso after a successful
wall; sailors from Cumberland play kabaddi
her fl ares; LS(AWT) Abram Giles dives into
irects Rattler during night fl ying; engineers
gine trouble; Cumberland (foreground) and
(Cornwall) and LA(Phot) Steve Johncock (Cumberland)
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