SeapixOnlineDisplaying 6216 of 11052 PLAN LINYI (FFG547) a type 054A guided missile frigate of China's Peoples Liberation Army Navy arrived in Auckland today fresh from the Royal Australian Navy anniversary celebration in Sydney. She was accompanied by PLAN HONGZEHU (AOR881) a Fuqing-class tanker/supply ship and guided missile destroyer PLAN QINGDAO (DDG113) and will spend four days in "The City of Sails" after having visited ports in the US and Australia as part of a program aimed at strengthening military ties between countries. The tour included taking part in sea security exercises with vessels from other ASEAN nations and while in US waters participation in sea rescue drills with US ships.
Before the vessels arrived in Auckland, John Key, NZ Prime Minister, confirmed for the first ever time that the government of a country whose vessels are making a port call to NZ, has guaranteed the vessels concerned conform with New Zealand's 29-year-old anti-nuclear laws which bans visits by all nuclear-armed or nuclear powered ships. Keywords: naval vessels, naval ships, ships, shipping, weapons, war, warfare, assault, attack, defence, defense, navy, auckland, new zealand, nz, city of sails, ports of auckland, port of auckland, marine photography, marine photographer, marine photographers, ship photographer, ship photographers, ship photography, ship photos, ship photographs, Warships |
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