MCM Exercise Sea Breeze 24 in Scottish Waters
In a demonstration of international solidarity and commitment to supporting the Ukrainian navy, mine countermeasures exercise Sea Breeze 2024 has begun. The exercise is led jointly by the US 6th…
Zierikzee Returns From Three Months With SNMCMG1
Minehunter Zierikzee is back in Den Helder May 1 after three months of NATO deployment. The ship was active in northern waters for the fleet of SNMCMG1. The defusing of…
FS Andromede Returns From NATO Deployment
On 30 March, the tripartite minehunter (CMT) Andromeda returned to her homeport of Brest, closing its North Atlantic deployment. In two months of mission, the CMT crew will have covered…
Exercise Freezing Winds 23 Ends in the Baltic Sea
The Freezing Winds 23 exercise, led by the Navy, will end on 1 December. During the exercise, Finland’s coast and maritime traffic were protected in cooperation between the services, the…
NATO Fleet Minehunters Defuse 17 Explosive Devices
The seven mine countermeasures vessels of the NATO fleet SNMCMG1 disabled 17 explosives in less than five days in less than five days last week. This happened during a mine…
Minehunters Reinforce Submarine Cables Patrols
The NATO fleet association SNMCMG1 is stepping up patrols in the Baltic Sea. This is because 2 submarine cables between Estonia and Sweden have been damaged. Together with HNLMS Vlaardingen,…
NATO Groups Conclude Exercise Northern Coasts
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) joined more than 3,000 sailors, marines, and aviators for exercise Northern Coasts 2023 held in the…
Northern Coasts 2023: As Realistic as Possible
By von Marcus Mohr Bundeswehr PAO With the departure of the ships of the manoeuvre group from Riga on 11 September, the sea phase of Northern Coasts 2023 has begun.…
Minehunter Vlaardingen Joins NATO SNMCMG1
Vlaardingen left Den Helder August 20th to join the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) for the next 1.1 months. This NATO fleet focuses, among other things, on the…
Finnish Warship to Attend Exercise Sandy Coast 23
The Coastal Fleet’s mine countermeasures vessel Vahterpaa will attend Exercise Sandy Coast in the North Sea from 18 August to 1 September 2023. Sandy Coast is an international, annual mine…