31.   Bolger said HMS Monmouth with the support ship Brambleleaf will be here around the middle of next year as part of a South Pacific deployment.

32.   Besides the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, the force is made up of two submarines, as well as frigates, cruisers, destroyers, and support ships.

33.   Both are taking support ships with them.

34.   The USS Independence is in the Taiwan Straits and the nuclear powered USS Nimitz is heading there from the Gulf, both are taking support ships with them.

35.   This was done, and the ship then headed out to sea, escorted by two coastguard tugs, two fireboats and two support ships.