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On Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 at 10 a.m., the mine-hunting boat “Homburg” will return to its home port in Kiel. The 43-strong crew from the 3rd Mine Detection Squadron participated in the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 1 (Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 1) for the past three months. Together with ships and boats from seven NATO nations,…
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On Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 10 a.m., the mine-hunting boat “Bad Bevensen” left Kiel. For the coming months, the boat will belong to the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1) and will replace the “Homburg”. Under the command of Corvette Captain Christopher Fenske (37), the 42-man crew will leave for Cuxhaven to join…
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From today, NATO mine countermeasures vessels will sail the North Sea in search of explosives from the First and Second World War. The mines and bombs pose a danger to fisheries in particular. Just yesterday, the navy brought Zierikzee in position to clear a 1,000-pounder for the harbor loop of Rotterdam. This had previously been fished up by a fishing…
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For three months, the support vessel KNM “Olav Tryggvason” will participate in NATO’s standing demining force. On September 3rd, the vessel left Haakonsvern in Bergen. NATO Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group SNMCMG1 is one of NATO’s two standing demining forces. The naval multinational force can participate and contribute to a number of different missions around the world. This autumn, the…
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(Google Translation) – On Monday, July 12th, 2021 at 10 a.m., the tender “Elbe” and the mine-hunting boat “Homburg” will leave their home port in Kiel together to join the NATO Standing Mine Countermeasures Association, SNMCMG 1 (Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1). The tender “Elbe” is used as a lead ship for the US-led staff of the international naval…
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June 17, 2021 (Google Translation) – On Friday, June 18, 2021 at 10 a.m., the mine-hunting boat “Sulzbach-Rosenberg” will return to its home port of Kiel after two months under the NATO flag. The boat from the 3rd Mine Detection Squadron left the base on April 15, 2021 and has since been under the control of SNMCMG 1 (Standing NATO…
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April 15, 2021 – During the operations, ENS Ugandi and FGS Datteln found four former mine lines consisting of 44 mine chairs. Close to the mine lines, the Estonian minehunter Ugandi found four type M-12 mines. Together they covered an area of six square nautical miles and identified six mine-like objects, of which five were mines and one was an…
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April 13, 2020 (Google Translation) – On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 10 a.m., the mine-hunting boat “Datteln” will call at its home port in Kiel again after three months of NATO service. The boat and its crew were part of one of the two permanent NATO mine countermeasures group, the “Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1”, SNMCMG 1 for…
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April 12, 2020 (Google Translation) – This Saturday April 10, the M917 Crocus mine hunter left the port of Zeebrugge to join the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measure Group 1 (SNMCMG1) fleet for eight weeks. This is currently under Dutch command. From August to November, the ship and her crew had already participated in this permanent NATO fleet. Everyone therefore…
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March 15, 2021 (Google Translation) – On March 15th, the Baltic Mine Countermeasures Squadron Exercise began. Five NATO partners are practicing mine defense under German leadership. The 3rd minesweeping squadron from Kiel has divided the mine-hunting boats “Fulda”, “Bad Rappenau” and “Grömitz” for the maneuver. The tender “Elbe” from the support squadron accompanies the exercise as a flagship and lead…
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