Patrols Against Oil Pirating
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright)
LONDON, March 10.
The 43,000-ton British aircraft-carrier Ark Royal was last night ordered to start patrols against pirate oil shipments to Rhodesia, the “Daily Mail” said today.
The carrier’s new role represented a major stepping up of the cold war against the illegal Rhodesian regime, the newspaper said.
The “Guardian” newspaper also reported the Ark Royal had been ordered to start the patrols.
The Ark Royal, carrying 48 aircraft, had been diverted until further notice from her normal duties, rotating to keep a carrier on station in the Far East.
The Ministry of Defence said its job would be to keep a watch out on any ships which could be carrying oil to Beira, the Mozambique port from which Rhodesian Premier, Mr lan Smith, hoped to start a massive oil flow into Rhodesian.
Six Gannet long-range aircraft on board the Ark Royal could shadow a suspected ship by radar while remaining out of sight themselves. The Ark Royal’s captain had been given no instructions to make any hostile moves against the suspected tanker, the “Daily Mail” said. Once the carrier had pinpointed the ship and learned its nationality, it was to pass this information on to the Government
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31006, 11 March 1966, Page 11
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