亚丁湾6月13日电 -- 当地时间6月8日下午，中国海军第40批护航编队和第41批护航编队在亚丁湾海域举行分航仪式。随后，第40批护航编队转向驶离亚丁湾、索马里海域，第41批护航编队正式进入独立护航阶段。
GULF OF ADEN, June 13 -- On the afternoon of June 8, local time, the 40th and 41st Chinese naval escort taskforces held a farewell ceremony in the waters of the Gulf of Aden. After the ceremony, the three warships of the 40th escort taskforce turned their direction to leave the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia, and the 41st escort taskforce began to perform escort missions independently.
海军第41批护航编队由苏州舰、南通舰、巢湖舰组成，于5月18日从浙江舟山某军港起航，先后穿越宫古海峡、巴士海峡、马六甲海峡，驶入印度洋，于当地时间6月6日顺利抵达亚丁湾预定海域。抵达后，两批护航编队组织开展了联合护航、航行补给等训练。
The 41st Chinese naval escort taskforce, consisting of the guided-missile destroyer Suzhou (Hull 132), the guided-missile frigate Nantong (Hull 533) and the comprehensive supply ship Chaohu (Hull 890) , set sail from a military port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, on May 18. Passing through the Miyako Strait, the Bashi Strait and the Malacca Strait, the three Chinese naval ships entered the Indian Ocean and finally arrived at the designated waters in the Gulf of Aden on June 6. Subsequently, the two escort taskforces jointly performed escort tasks, held replenishment-at-sea training.
自2008年12月起中国海军派出舰艇编队赴亚丁湾、索马里海域执行护航任务，已有百余艘舰艇、3万余名官兵接力完成1500批7000余艘中外船舶护航任务, 为保护远海重要运输线安全、维护世界和平贡献中国力量。
Since December 2008, the Chinese PLA Navy has dispatched more than 100 warships and more than 30,000 service members to the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia to perform escort missions. The 40 Chinese naval escort taskforces have escorted over 7,000 merchant ships of China and foreign countries in 1,500 batches, making China's share of contributions to safeguarding world peace and ensuring the security of important transportation lines over the open seas.
