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April 19, 2020 (Google Translation) – The tender “Werra” is the flagship of the NATO support mission in the Aegean Sea. The main tasks of the embarked multinational staff around Commander Captain Thomas Hacken are to create a comprehensive picture of the situation and to monitor the sea area. The tasks of the tender and the units of the NATO…
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April 5, 2021 – The “Regina Maria” frigate docked in the Constanta military port, thus concluding its participation in the Permanent Naval Group of North-Atlantic Alliance SNMG-2 (Standing NATO Maritime Group 2), in the international waters of the Black Sea, according to a press release sent by the Naval Joint Chiefs of Staff (SMFN). The frigate, with a Puma Naval…
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March 12, 2021 – Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) will enter the Black Sea on 12 March 2021 for the first time this year to conduct further routine operations and to participate in a regional exercise organised by the Romanian Navy. SNMG2, composed of ESPS Cristobal Colon (flagship), BGS Smeli, ROS Regina Maria and TCG Kemalreis, will enter the…
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December 2, 2020 (Google Translation) – The Combat Supply Vessel Patiño has returned to its base port in Ferrol, upon completion of its two-month deployment in NATO Permanent Naval Grouping Number 2 (SNMG-2) in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The reception ceremony was chaired by the Commander of the 31st Surface Squadron (COMANDES 31), the captain Santiago Vila Barrón.…
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November 18, 2020 – UK flagship HMS Albion is knuckling down to NATO duties in the Mediterranean, keeping a close eye on criminal activity. After an eventful period of exercises and training in Cyprus and Egypt, the Plymouth-based assault ship, plus supporting amphibious vessel RFA Lyme Bay, have joined the alliance’s Sea Guardian mission. It’s the task of ships, helicopters…
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November 4, 2020 – Today the farewell ceremony for the frigate Cristóbal Colón (F-105) took place at the Ferrol Arsenal, which was chaired by the Commander of the 31st Surface Squadron, Captain Santiago Vila Barrón. Due to the current situation of COVID-19, the act has been developed under a strict series of prevention measures. Christopher Columbus plans to arrive in…
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September 19, 2020 (Google Translation) – Today Saturday 19 September, the BAC “Patiño” (A-14) has gone to sea to join the Permanent Naval Group of NATO no. 2 (SNMG-2). It will remain deployed in Mediterranean waters until December of this year. During the deployment, a total contingent of 187 men and women will sail aboard the ship, counting in addition…
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September 21, 2020 – HMS Trent has now completed her second patrol on NATO security operations in the Mediterranean Sea. Continuing to support Operation Sea Guardian, the patrol ship has vigilantly aided efforts to detect and disrupt suspicious and illegal activity. While on patrol, Trent met up with allied US Navy warship the USS Winston S Churchill. Named after the…
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September 14, 2020 (Google Translation) – On Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 10 am, the task force supplier (EGV) “Berlin” will return to its home port of Wilhelmshaven after more than five months from the NATO support mission in the Aegean Sea. At the beginning of April the “Berlin” left Wilhelmshaven under the command of frigate captain Stefan Klatt (51)…
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August 20, 2020 (Google Translation) – On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 10:00 am, the frigate “Brandenburg” will leave its home port in Wilhelmshaven to join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2). When she arrives at the deployment area in the Aegean Sea, she will take over from the task force supplier “Berlin”, which is expected back in…
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