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65.
Following the practice started in 1973, when the cruiser
IIMS Tiger and HM Submarine Dreadnought with accompanying frigates
and support ships deployed to the Far East, in company for parts of
the deployment with ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy, a group of ships, including the guided missile destroyer HMS Fife, was deployed to the Indian Ocean area, returning to the UK in September 1974.
A group including the helicopter carrier HMS Blake and HM Submarine
Warspite is now in the area.
The Gulf
66. HM Ships made regular visits to the Gulf area.
Beira
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67.
The patrol off Beira to enforce the UN Resolution was maintained.
The West Indies
68.
Ships of the Fleet have continued to maintain a presence in
the West Indies.
Hydrography
69. The ocean survey ship HMS Hydra has completed surveys in the
Solomon Islands to facilitate the passage of large ships through
previously inadequately charted channels. She also surveyed areas
of the Maldives, off Fiji, and in the New Hebrides.
Last year,
coastal survey vessels HMS Fox and HMS Fawn carried out surveys in
the West Indies and Belize. The Ice Patrol Ship HMS Endurance
continues her surveys in Graham Land and the South Shetland and
Falkland Islands.
MILITARY AID TO THE CIVIL COMMUNITY
The Caribbean
70.
During September 1974 the Belize garrison provided assistance
to Honduras in the aftermath of Hurricane Fifi; this involved
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