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| | Navy News - News Desk - News - Home and away over Christmas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The Minister also travelled to Portsmouth to see destroyer HMS Nottingham home from Operation Veritas, while also back from operations in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and beyond were Type 22 frigate HMS Chatham - flagship of NATO's Standing Naval Force Mediterranean - and Type 23 frigates HMS Northumberland and HMS Marlborough. |
 | | Included in that number are aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, now configured as a helicopter carrier, assault ship HMS Fearless, destroyer HMS Southampton, Type 22 frigate HMS Cornwall, tankers RFA Brambleleaf and RFA Oakleaf, supply ships RFA Fort George and Fort Rosalie, landing ships RFA Sir Percivale and Sir Tristram and forward support ship RFA Diligence. |
 | | Type 23 frigate HMS Kent, on Armilla Patrol, is also in the region, spending Christmas in Dubai. |
| www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2001/0112/0001122402.asp (418 words) |
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