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| July
7, 2011 |
| HMCS
Vancouver Departs for the Coast of Libya |
ESQUIMALT,
BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 7, 2011)
- Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Vancouver
departs Esquimalt on Sunday at 3 p.m. to take
up station in the Mediterranean Sea off the
coast of Libya. The Halifax Class frigate is
assigned to replace HMCS Charlottetown on
Operation MOBILE to continue Canada's support
of the NATO-led arms embargo against Libya in
accordance with UN Security Council
resolutions.
"As with HMCS Charlottetown before it,
the deployment of HMCS Vancouver to the
Mediterranean Sea demonstrates the steadfast
commitment of Canada to protect the Libyan
people from all threats of violence,"
said the Minister of National Defence, the
Honourable Peter MacKay. "The men and
women of the Canadian Forces have performed
admirably, and I have complete faith in the
crew of the Vancouver to perform equally well
while serving on this NATO-led mission."
Vice Admiral Dean McFadden, the Chief of the
Maritime Staff, will join Commodore Peter
Ellis, Commander Canadian Fleet Pacific for
the departure salute at Duntze Head in HMC
Dockyard. Vancouver will sail across the
Victoria waterfront to Beacon Hill Park and
Clover Point before heading out of Juan de
Fuca Strait.
Under the command of Commander Bradley Peats,
HMCS Vancouver with 225 sailors and a CH-124
Sea King Helicopter detachment from 443
Maritime Helicopter Squadron at Patricia Bay
will join Standing NATO Maritime Group one
(SNMG1) upon reaching Gibraltar next month.
The United Nations Security Council has
authorized SNMG1 to take appropriate measures
to board and inspect vessels reasonably
believed to be carrying prohibited cargo and
passengers and use all measures necessary to
protect civilians under threat of attacks in
Libya. HMCS Vancouver will also be available
for humanitarian assistance, search and rescue
and other response options as required by the
Government of Canada.
NOTE TO EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Media
organizations are requested to gather at the
gate to HMC Dockyard no later than 1:30 p.m.
Please bring photo identification and proof of
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