NZDF Vessel Returns From Successful Fisheries
Patrols in the Pacific
The Royal New Zealand
Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington will return
to the Devonport Naval Base on Friday 26 August after a
successful five-week operation conducting fisheries patrols
in the south-west Pacific.
The patrols, sponsored by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, were carried out in
collaboration with Pacific Islands countries and the
Ministry for Primary Industries.
The ship left New Zealand
on 18 July, and also made port visits to several Pacific
Islands as part of defence diplomacy activities.
The ship
will be arriving in company with the French frigate FS
Vendemiaire, which undertook military training with
Wellington in New Caledonia after the fisheries
patrols.
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