April 7, 200719 yr File Name: East Indian Jewel - IOPFED13 File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 7 Apr 2007 File Updated: 6 Dec 2008 File Category: IOPG DB Used: Original database Authors: Allen Battleset-IOPG: .scl - EC2000 - EC2000 East Indian Jewel EC2000 Battle for the Gulf of Oman With the successful conclusion of Operation Jewel Thief, the Allied forces have secured Sri Lanka. They now have a launch point to control the East Indian Ocean, taking some of the pressure off Diego Garcia as being the supplying and staging base of future operations. Also included in this coup was the recapturing of several key British naval ships - amphibious units of the Ocean-class and Type 23-class frigates. The loss, however, of Surat Thani prompted the construction of a new naval base in a free zone established on the Malay penninsula. In a fitting gesture, this new port was named Surat Thani - a renaming in honor of the lives and equipment lost at the old base. Click here to download this file
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