Chinese warships, loaded with air defence missiles, anti-submarine rockets, banks of radar as well as ship-borne helicopters, sailed along the Thames and docked in Canary Wharf on October 14, 2017, at the start of a 5-day goodwill visit. The 26th Chinese Navy Escort led by PLA Navy (PLAN) Rear Admiral Wang Zhongcai and comprising the two missile frigates 'Huanggang' and 'Yangzhou' and one comprehensive supply ship (replenishment ship) 'Gaoyouhu' arrived in London from port visits to Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark. Before that, the Chinese flotilla had completed a four-month mission 'in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters. The 26th Escort Task Group departed from the PLAN port of Zhoushan, in Zhejiang province, in April.
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