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Following a long period of COVID-19 imposed virtual meetings, the new representatives of the EU Delegation to Somalia got together with the commanders of EU NAVFOR Somalia, EUCAP Somalia and EUTM Somalia for introductions and to take stock of the current activities. On 10th September, Deputy Head of EU Delegation to Somalia, Mr Oren Wolff chaired a meeting aboard Operation…
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August 20, 2021 – The frigate Federico Martinengo, at the end of an intense period of maintenance and preparation, under the command of the frigate captain Roberto Carpinelli , he gave up his moorings and headed towards the Horn of Africa to join the European-led Operation Atalanta, born to combat piracy in the waters of the Red Sea, the Gulf…
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June 22, 2021 (Google Translation) – From June 15 to 19, 2021, the Tonnerre amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) and the La Fayette type frigate (FLF) Surcouf were integrated into Task force (TF) 465. Led by the Italian frigate Carabiniere and accompanied by the frigate Spanish Navarra, the two French vessels sailed off the Somali coast in order to monitor the…
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June 22, 2021 (Google Translation) – Two Colombian Navy Officers arrived at the Rota Naval Base located in the province of Cádiz in Spain to join the United Nations Integrated Stabilization Atalanta European Union Naval Force in Somalia, off the Horn of Africa and in the Western Indian Ocean, within the framework of their operations to help eradicate piracy off…
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May 11, 2021 – On 10 May, the EU, Japan and Djibouti carried out a trilateral joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Aden for the first time. The exercise came after an EU-Japan joint naval exercise and joint port call on Djibouti last October, and after the adoption last month of an EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific,…
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May 3, 2021 (Google Translation) – From 25 to 28 April, Carabiniere ship , Flagship of the Operation Atalanta, carried out a Focused Operation activity. During this period the Unit, in addition to carrying out the usual activities of information collection and patrolling provided for by the mission, also carried out force demonstration activities in the vicinity of different Somali…
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March 17, 2021 (Google Translation) – The Navy, with the participation in the op. Atalanta continues its commitment to combat maritime piracy in defense of merchant traffic which is vital for the country’s economy Now Carabiniere ship is assigned to the mission of the European Union EUNAVFOR Somalia- Operation Atalanta, overseeing the area between the southern Red Sea, the Gulf…
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February 22, 2021 – All means deployed in Operation ATALANTA bring added value for the execution of the mission depending on their characteristics. However, due to their versatility and flexibility, aerial assets are those who provide unique operational capabilities which cannot be achieved by other means. The most used aerial asset in EU NAVFOR Somalia are the Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance…
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February 20, 2021 – Galicia-class landing platform dock SPS Castilla , equipped with a AB212plus and a RPAS ScanEagle, joined Operation Atalanta this week. Over the next 4 months, she will be the EU NAVFOR flagship, hosting the Force Headquarters of the operation. Castilla kicks off her activities full-speed with a joint exercise with 🇯🇵JS Ariake of the Japan Maritime…
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December 7, 2020 (Google Translation) – Wednesday 2 December, at the end of the ceremony of change of command of the European naval group, the Alpine frigate sold, the Spanish ship Reina Sofia the role of the Flagship EUNAVFOR Somalia Operation “Atalanta”, the European Union mission operating in the area between the southern Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and…
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