HMCS Charlottetown off Iranian waters

I think this story is being torqued just a bit:

Canadian navy fights 'real' threat

ABOARD HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN, in the Strait of Hormuz - It's the most dangerous maritime battle zone in the world, a shipping bottleneck through which a fifth of the world's supply of oil passes every day.

Aboard the Canadian frigate HMCS Charlottetown, the sailors were at battle stations as the ship steamed through the Straits of Hormuz, barely 1,500 metres from Iranian territorial waters.

"The potential for trouble here is high because the strait is a very strategic choke point," said Cmdr. Patrick St. Denis, who has been skippering the Charlottetown on a 65,000-kilometre, six-month cruise to the Middle East as part of the USS Harry Truman carrier strike group...

It's not like it's the first time:

Lt.-Gen. Gauthier [head of Canadian Expeditionary Force Command], who visited the Charlottetown before flying to Kandahar, said the frigate and 20 other navy ships that Canada has sent to the Middle East since 2001 [Operations APOLLO and ALTAIR] had two overlapping missions.

"This is part of the campaign against terrorism and protecting the free flow of commerce," the three-leaf general said. "This is in our self-interest, but it also about being part of an international operation. Canada's security at home starts overseas."..

Other Torch posts on the Charlottetown's patrol are here and here.