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Patrol ship HNLMS Groningen intercepted a drug transport in the Caribbean July 14th. The catch involved more than 650 kilos of cocaine. The Coast Guard discovered the suspicious boat and sent the Groningen and the Coast Guard helicopter to it. South of Curaçao, the naval vessel launched two fast boats (FRISC) to force the 5 people on board to stop.…
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September 21, 2021 – HNLMS Holland just moored again at Curaçao. This concludes the military emergency response operation after the earthquake in Haiti. The Defense deployment was for 14 days and started on Friday 20 August. The Dutch government provided military aid at the request of the Haitian government. The naval ship Holland, with a helicopter and fast motorboats on…
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August 13, 2021 – The naval ship Holland yesterday, together with units of the Coast Guard, Holland seized 1,325 kilos of drugs. Smugglers transported the narcotics in a speedboat south of Curaçao. 12 people have been arrested. The Rescue & Coordination Center (RCC) of the Coast Guard has the station ship Zr.Ms. Holland directed to the speedboat. However, the smugglers…
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May 13, 2021 (Google Translation) – The patrol ship Holland left for the Caribbean today from Den Helder. As a result, Defense will have a station ship in the area again after a few months. HNLMS Holland is expected to arrive on May 26. The crew focuses, among other things, on operations against terrorism and piracy and on combating drugs.…
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October 2, 2020 – Since October 1, HNLMS Pelikaan is back again in the familiar waters of the Caribbean. On September 17, Damen Shipyards Den Helder delivered the HNLMS Pelikaan to the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) following a mid-life upgrade lasting eight months. Following the work, the vessel, which Damen delivered to the RNLN in 2006, is ready for a…
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September 24, 2020 (Google Translation) – HNLMS Groningen has intercepted a drug shipment in the Caribbean for the third time this month. The day before yesterday, the patrol ship managed to stop a sailing boat with 80 kilos of cocaine on board with the Caribbean Coast Guard. The counter for Groningen thus stands at 1 ton of drugs intercepted in…
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August 25, 2020 (Google Translation) – The NH90 helicopter, which was dumped into the sea in the Caribbean on July 19, will be salvaged. The Ministry of Defense has decided this after it has first been investigated whether it would be possible to bring the aircraft to the surface. This is expected to start next week. It concerns the salvage…
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June 4, 2020 (Google Translation) – HNLMS Karel Doorman will leave the Caribbean on June 15. The joint support ship has been there since April 24 for ‘Carib Support’. This operation is intended to assist local authorities in fighting the corona crisis. On arrival of the more than 200-meter-long ship, a large-scale outbreak on the islands was taken into account.…
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March 28, 2020 (Google Translation) – The patrol ship Zeeland will be the new station ship in the Caribbean. Friday the ship leaves for Curaçao to relieve Groningen who is temporarily returning to the Netherlands. The switch is a result of the corona pandemic. Zeeland, with an NH90 attack helicopter on board, will remain in ‘the West’ for three months.…
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