Royal Trials MCM System on P Boats
The Royal Navy has successfully used its smallest warships as a launchpad for autonomous mine hunting operations for the first time. Seven P2000 patrol vessels of the Coastal Forces Squadron…
FS Mistral Visits Stockholm
After a long intensive training period, the French amphibious ship FS Mistral will moor in Stockholm June 21. During the exercise BALTOPS 24, the ship has, among other things, carried…
NATO Naval Warfare Training in the Baltic Sea
After Sweden became a full member of NATO just a few months ago, and Finland became one last year, NATO is now strongly represented along the shores of the Baltic…
U.S. Marines Embark HMS Albion for Exercise BALTOPS
U.S. Marines from Golf Company embarked aboard the British Royal Navy’s amphibious assault ship HMS Albion (L14) as part of exercise Baltic Operations 2023 (BALTOPS 23) in Tallinn, Estonia, on…
HDMS Peter Willemoes Practices Loading SM-2 During BALTOPS
In a notable first for the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise started in 1972, the Royal Danish Navy hosted the U.S. Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1 from Williamsburg, Virginia, to conduct…
NATO Ships Participate in Exercise BALTOPS 23
Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) are taking part in the 52nd iteration of Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 23). The exercise takes place…
USS Porter Visits Kalundborg, Denmark
USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Kalundborg, Denmark, April 2, 2023 for a scheduled port visit and mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR). The ship’s presence in the Baltic Sea is a…