TNAG-0852-FCO40-1062-Visits-of-Royal-Navy-ships-to-Hong-Kong-and-China-1979 — Page 6

Date

May 12-18

19-25

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PROVISIONAL PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT OF

TASK GROUP 318.0

Location

Portsmouth and Devonport.

ANNEX

25-01

June 02-08

09-15

16-22 23-30

July 01-06

Passage

Gibraltar/weapon training

Passage

Eastern Mediterranean visits Passage

Visits to Mombasa, Seychelles, Reunion and Mauritius

Diego Garcia/exercise

Passage

Singapore

Hong Kong/assisted maintenance periods

Passage

Shanghai

South Korea

Vladivostock

07-13

14-20

21-27

28-03

August 04-10

11-17

18-24

25-31

September 01-07

18-14

15-21

Japan

22-28

29-05

October 06-12

13-19

20-26

27-02

November 03-09

10-16

17-23

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Inland sea visit

Subic Bay/weapons training

Hong Kong |

Singapore/assisted maintenance periods

Exercise BEACON COMPASS

Visits to Karachi Bahrain Basra, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Dubai, Damman.

Passage

Eastern Mediterranean visit

24-30

December 01-07

08-14 15

UK

Passage

Gibraltar/passage

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