• The Beira Patrol was a blockade of oil shipments to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) through Beira, Mozambique, resulting from United Nations trade sanctions on...
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    Beira [ˈbɐjɾɐ] is the capital and largest city of Sofala Province, in the central region of Mozambique. Beira is where the Pungwe River meets the Indian...
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    Far East as leader of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, taking part in the Beira Patrol, a deployment that was used to prevent oil reaching Rhodesia via Mozambique...
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    2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. "Beira Patrol". Helis.com. "The Beira Patrol: Britain's Broken Blockade against Rhodesia". ResearchGate...
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    life in the fleet. The ship participated in both the Cod Wars and the Beira Patrol during the 1970s. In 1982 when the Falklands War broke out Tidepool was...
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  • of the Royal Navy. The ship commissioned in 1966 and took part in the Beira Patrol and Second Cod War during the 1970s and the Falklands War in 1982. Charles...
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    Salisbury served through the 1960s and 1970s, participating in the Beira Patrol, blockading against Rhodesia and the confrontation with Iceland over...
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    Beira Patrol, designed to prevent oil reaching the landlocked Rhodesia via the then Portuguese colony of Mozambique. She performed her second patrol the...
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  • collision that caused minor damage.[citation needed] She joined the Beira Patrol off Mozambique in 1967, supporting the enforcement of an oil blockade...
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    Simonstown (South Africa). Early in 1968 she carried out a six-week Beira Patrol followed by a week on Internal Security duty in Mauritius which was approaching...
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    Beira Patrol off the shores of Mozambique after Prime Minister Ian Smith declared Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence. The Beira Patrol...
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    Beira Patrol, which was designed to prevent oil reaching landlocked Rhodesia via the then Portuguese colony of Mozambique, of which the port of Beira...
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    squadron to the Mozambique Channel in March 1966. This blockade, the Beira Patrol, was endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 221 the following month...
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  • Esbjerg, Arethusa deployed to the Far East via South Africa and her first Beira Patrol, While in the Far East she visited Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, Nagoya...
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    the port of Mombassa, Kenya. In 1966/67 Ashanti was deployed on the Beira Patrol. During that time she also spent two months in Aden having a gas turbine...
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    ports at Beira and Lourenço Marques, by posting a Royal Navy squadron to the Mozambique Channel in March 1966. This blockade, the Beira Patrol, was endorsed...
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  • Leanders that undertook the Beira Patrol, in this case for five weeks while on her way back to the UK in 1970. The Beira Patrol was a deployment designed...
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    part of the Portuguese naval deterrent force against the Royal Navy Beira Patrol which was trying to enforce sanctions against Rhodesia. In 1966 the Portuguese...
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    Sea Vixens saw further service during the 1960s, performing duties on Beira Patrol, a Royal Navy operation designed to prevent oil reaching landlocked Rhodesia...
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    that, she continued her passage, calling in at Simonstown and then onto Beira Patrol before heading for Gan and Singapore. She accordingly spent the period...
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    future third and last Ark Royal from 1980 onwards. She was part of the Beira Patrol enforcing the naval blockade of Rhodesia in 1965. The 1966 Defence White...
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    spent six months away from British waters, including three months on the Beira Patrol in the Mozambique Channel, as part of the oil blockade against Rhodesia...
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    the imposition of the Beira Patrol by the British Royal Navy to attempt to stop the flow of fuel to Rhodesia via the port of Beira, Mozambique, a detachment...
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  • dispute. In 1965, Mohawk deployed to the Persian Gulf. She joined the Beira Patrol, intended to enforce an oil blockade of Rhodesia, in 1966. The following...
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    which the British used to station Shackleton aircraft to support the Beira Patrol from May 1966. Mahajanga is the capital city of the Boeny Region. Fosa...
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    nature herself." Early in 1968, HMS Cambrian, which was part of the Beira Patrol following the Unilateral Declaration of Independence of Rhodesia, was...
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    line' ceremony on 30 July. A stop at Simonstown preceded time on the Beira Patrol and passage to the Far East via Gan. After Christmas in Singapore, she...
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    Avro Shackleton (category 1940s British patrol aircraft)
    The Avro Shackleton is a British long-range maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) which was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the South African Air Force...
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  • 2023) Related articles Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence Beira Patrol D-notice affair Gnomes of Zurich Harold Wilson conspiracy theories Clockwork...
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    before returning to the Far East. Duties included participation in the Beira Patrol, which was designed to prevent oil reaching the landlocked Rhodesia via...
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