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June 25, 2021 (Google Translation) – From June 6 to 18, the important annual naval exercise, dubbed BALTOPS 50, was held in the Baltic Sea. Sixteen NATO nations as well as two partner nations, eighty ships and four thousand people have come together to conduct this multi-domain training. On this occasion, three ships were engaged under the operational control of…
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April 26, 2021 – The UK’s Carrier Strike Group will visit more than one fifth of the world’s nations when it sails next month. Led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, the task group will visit 40 nations including India, Japan, Republic of Korea and Singapore in a deployment covering 26,000 nautical miles. The group will also join up and take part…
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February 25, 2020 (Google Translation) – On February 19, 2021, the anti-submarine frigate (FASM) Latouche-Tréville concluded its integration into the Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG-1), one of NATO’s permanent multinational naval forces in the North Sea. The Latouche-Tréville thus represented France during exercises in the Norwegian fjords alongside Norwegian, Dutch and German submarines and Canadian, German, Norwegian and Danish ships.…
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November 19, 2021 – From February 8-19, 2021, Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1), took part in Task Group 21-1 (TG 21-1), an annual maritime exercise conducted by the Royal Norwegian Navy in the waters and fjords off the coast of Bergen, Norway. TG 21-1 supported the training and qualification of NATO future submarine commanders while enhancing the surface and…
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February 2, 2021 – Between January 26-29, 2021, the Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) led by the SNMG1 flagship HMCS Halifax, conducted a series of passing training exercises with the German Navy in the North Sea. A PASSEX or a “Passing Exercise” refers to training with national navies of our NATO Allies and partners when passing through or nearby…
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January 18, 2021 – Commodore Bradley Peats RCN officially assumed command of Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) during a change of command ceremony held in Lisbon, Portugal today. Commodore Peats assumed command from Commodore José António Mirones of the Portuguese Navy. “I am honoured to have the opportunity and privilege of leading SNMG1 and look forward to building upon…
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December 10, 2020 – USS Ross (DDG 71) completed a multi-warfare exercise with Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG-1), Dec. 9. Ross conducted a series of air defense exercises and tactical passing maneuvers with Portuguese Vasco da Gama-class frigate NRP Corte-Real (F332), Canadian Halifax-class frigate HMCS Toronto (FFH 333), six French Dassault Rafale aircraft, and a French E-2C Hawkeye. “Training…
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November 16, 2020 (Google Translation) – Ship of the Portuguese Republic ( NRP ) Corte-Real crossed the Arctic Circle and fulfilled a naval tradition that the Portuguese Navy reported on its social networks. “When a ship crosses this line, it is tradition to paint the horn blue, this being one of the most famous naval traditions” , he explains. In…
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November 10, 2020 – HMS Trenchant has returned home to Devonport after 140 days away on deployment – during which the T-boat honed her war-fighting skills with NATO allies. The boat worked with vessels from 13 nations and covered 18,000 nautical miles – the equivalent of sailing down the west coast of Africa, onto Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The…
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November 5, 2020 (Google Translation) – With a rare expertise in anti-submarine warfare and benefiting from the performances of the FREMM-Caiman pair, the French surface forces are organizing the ORCA exercise from November 4 to 6, 2020 in the Atlantic, off Brest. The French Navy invited the navies of NATO allied nations to participate in this exercise in order to…
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