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  • Training With Tanzanian Navy

    During their recent port visit to Dar Es Salaam, EU Naval Force Spanish OPV, ESPS Tornado, conducted training with a team from the Tanzanian Navy. EU Naval Force Warship ESPS […]

  • Strong Links

    Over the past five years EU, CMF and NATO warships have worked together to locate and apprehend pirate action groups and shared information on suspicious activities at sea. EU Naval […]

  • ITS Libeccio Gives Assistance

    On 13 December EU Naval Force frigate, ITS Libeccio came to the assistance of a Yemini fishing dhow that was sailing along the Somali coast with 38 people on board. […]

  • FS Siroco Helps Seafarers Adrift

    Last Monday, EU Naval Force flagship FS Siroco came to the assistance of seafarers who had been adrift at sea for more than two days after their boat suffered engine […]

  • ESPS Tornado Helps Food Aid Reach Kismayo.

    On Wednesday 11 December, Spanish EU Naval Force ship ESPS Tornado completed a three day escort of a World Food Programme (WFP) chartered vessel. EU Naval Force Warship ESPS Tornado […]

  • FS Siroco Joins Operation Atalanta

    On Friday 6 December 2013, the French Navy ship FS Siroco joined the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia Operation Atalanta.  French Warship FS Siroco Joins European Union Naval Force […]

  • Halfway Point

    Italian warship ITS Libeccio has reached the half way point in its four month deployment with the European Union Naval Force, operating off Somalia. EU Naval Force Italian Warship ITS […]

  • FGS Niedersachsen Completes Tour

    After spending almost five months operating with the EU’s counter-piracy Operation Atalanta off Somalia, German frigate FGS Niedersachsen is heading home. FGS Niedersachsen Completes Tour With EU Naval Force and […]

  • ‘Operation Atalanta’ now to end 2016

    Rear Admiral Bob Tarrant, Operations Commander of the EU Naval Force Somalia, has said that following a recent strategic review exercise, the EU has decided that “Operation Atalanta” would be […]

  • The Netherlands Hands Over To France

    On Friday 6 December, Commodore Peter Lenselink handed over the Force Command of EU Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta to Rear Admiral Hervé Bléjean. The Netherlands Hands Over Force Command […]