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Rockets fired at warship
Commander of HMCS Charlottetown given clearance to speak publicly about May 30 attack first reported Thursday by Metro Ship tasked with protecting Libyan city of Misrata ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE
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Mayor Peter Kelly laughs as London Mayor Joe Fontana mockingly speaks on his cellphone during a press conference Thursday in Halifax for the start of the annual Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The mayors all showed up for the presser sporting Vancouver Canucks jerseys. Story, page 4. PHILIP CROUCHER/METRO
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About a dozen rockets were fired at HMCS Charlottetown off the coast of Libya Monday. In the early morning hours, crew members aboard the Halifaxbased ship witnessed about one dozen BM-21 rockets fired in their direction. None of the rockets connected with the Charlottetown and there were no casualties or damage to the ship. In an interview with Metro Thursday afternoon, HMCS Charlottetown Cmdr. Craig Skjerpen said the rockets were rapid-fired from a truck on shore. The ship has been primarily stationed outside the Libyan port city of Misrata for the past several weeks. He said the ship was out of range of the rockets at the time of the attack, but they came within
HMCS Charlottetown is seen in 2007.
about 900 metres of the Charlottetown. “It’s a very inaccurate weapon with a certain range. We were outside of that range, but they were able to get close,� he said. The ship was sailing away from shore at the time and Skjerpen said the Charlottetown continued on its course once the rockets hit the water. The Charlottetown didn’t fire back because the ship’s weapons systems aren’t tasked to find small
targets on shore, he said. In most cases, the ship forwards on the information so NATO fighter jets take out the threat. Skjerpen said a NATO air strike didn’t occur for this incident. When the rockets landed it came as a surprise to the crew of the Charlottetown, but they reacted quickly, he said. “They understand where we’re operating, the type of the thing we’re doing and the success we continue to have in protecting the city.� It was a closer call than the May 12 attack when large-calibre machine-gun fire spat at the ship from small attack boats. That was in the dark when the shooters couldn’t see the ship, and Monday’s attack was directed. “They’re really trying to push the (NATO) ships back from the coast because our presence here stops them from being able to attack the port,� Skjerpen said.
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