Canterbury at 'war’
NZPA Singapore The New Zealand frigate Canterbury and other Royal Navy vessels have begun the annual three-day naval exercise. Starfish 'B2. with ships of the Five-Power Defence Arrangement countries, in the South China Sea. Britain maintained its presence in the mock war with an Indian Ocean force frigate, the Ajax, the oiler Gold Rover, and the Canterbury. Britain's own designated vessel to the exercise the
Amazon has been recalled to London for possible deployment in the Falklands war zone.
Fourteen other ships from Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore, led by minesweepers and guidedmissile destroyers, will face a simulated enemy attack.
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Press, 7 June 1982, Page 5
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