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Aug- 2019 -24 August
US and ASEAN navies to hold first maritime exercises in September
The US and 10 Southeast Asian states will hold their first-ever joint maritime exercises in September, aimed at preventing "wrongdoing"
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23 August
China launches JARI combat drone boat
The state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation launched the JARI combat unmanned surface vessel
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Jul- 2019 -31 July
Bahrain hosts first Gulf maritime security conference
Bahrain hosted a conference on Gulf maritime security after multiple attacks on shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz
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31 July
Germany ‘reluctant’ to join US-led Persian Gulf maritime surveillance mission
Germany said it is "reluctant" to join a US maritime surveillance mission in the Persian Gulf but would consider taking part in a European mission
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29 July
Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan arrives in Persian Gulf to escort UK tankers
The Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan dispatched to the Gulf to escort UK-flagged ships amid heightened tensions with Iran arrived in the region
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22 July
UK seeks to form Europe-led Gulf maritime protection force
The UK is prepared to form a Europe-led maritime protection force in the Gulf, foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt said as tensions increase with Iran
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19 July
Iran seizes UK-flagged Stena Impero tanker in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran's IRGC said it impounded a British-flagged oil tanker the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz
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18 July
USS Boxer downs Iranian drone near Strait of Hormuz, Pentagon says
The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer brought down an Iranian drone near the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon and President Donald Trump said
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18 July
Iran’s IRGC seizes foreign tanker accused of smuggling fuel in Persian Gulf
Iran's IRGC has seized a tanker carrying fuel that the Islamic Republic claims was being smuggled through the Persian Gulf
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17 July
UK to send second Type 23 frigate HMS Kent to Gulf
The UK Royal Navy said it will send a second Type 23 frigate, the HMS Kent, to the Persian Gulf this autumn
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