European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR) Task Group is involved in the NATO exercise "NOBLE MARINER-12" that takes place in Mediterranean Sea, South of Toulon, from 24 September to 7 October 2012.
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OPV Relampago (Offshore Patrol Vessel) is joining the Operation ATALANTA to fight against piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Read moreIn Djibouti: In a ceremony held on Monday 6 August 2012, on board French warship FS Marne, French Rear Admiral Jean-Baptiste Dupuis handed over the command of the EUROMARFOR task group to Italian Rear Admiral Enrico Credendino, embarked on the new EUROMARFOR flagship ITS San Giusto. The ceremony was presided over by the EU Naval Force Deputy Commander, Rear Admiral Gualtiero Mattesi (Italian Navy), who is based at the Operation HQ in Northwood, London.
Read moreOn Saturday 14th April, the Spanish warship ESPS Reina Sofia, who is now operating as part of the counter-piracy mission, Operation Atalanta, stopped a Yemeni dhow that was suspected of carrying armed Somali pirates.
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Having taken over as the EUROMARFOR flagship on 7 April 2012, French warship FS Marne has already been very busy out at sea ensuring that the Task Force remains fully prepared for counter-piracy operations off Somalia.
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In a ceremony held on April 7th, onboard Spanish warship ESPS Patino, and presided over by the EU Naval Force Deputy Commander Rear admiral Rainer Endres (German Navy), the French warship FS Marne became the new flagship of the EUROMARFOR, under the force command of Rear Admiral Jean-Baptiste Dupuis.
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EUROMARFOR warship FS Aconit has tracked down and stopped a group of suspected pirates who were believed to have tried to attack a Hong-Kong flagged tanker approximately 400 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia.
Read moreNRP CORTE REAL has joinedto the EUROMARFOR counter piracy Task Group on 26th of March 2012.
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Last 5th March, Spanish oiler PATIÑO (EUROMARFOR flagship) and Italian frigate GRECALE (NATO Group) conducted RAS operations.
Read moreESPS INFANTA ELENA, a Descubierta class corvette, joins the EUROMARFOR Task Group in the operation ATALANTA.
Read moreThe La Fayette Class Frigate, FS ACONIT has joined the EUROMARFOR counter piracy Task Group on 11 February 2012. FS ACONIT has been in operational service with the French Navy since 1999 and has a displacement of 3,600 tons.
Read moreESPS PATIO disrupts a possible piracy related skiff with four people onboard.
Read more17.01.2012 Combat Supply Ship PATIO, member and Flag Ship of the EUROMARFOR Operation Atalanta, which fights against piracy in the Indian Ocean, helped this afternoon an Iranian flagged dhow who was adrift 150 miles from the Somali Coast.
Read moreEarly in the morning,12nd January the Spanish Combat Supply Ship PATIO, as an unit of the EUROMARFOR who is participating in Operation ATALANTA in Horn of Africa, has detained six pirates and disrupted the skiff they used to attack the EUROMARFOR Flagship.
Read moreOn 22nd of June of 2011, the EUROFORCES High Level Inter-Ministerial Committee (CIMIN) agreed to participate in EUNAVFOR ATALANTA during three rotations in 2012.
Read moreOn the 6 December 2011, the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR) -currently under the command of Vice Admiral (French Navy) XAVIER MAGNE- will be activated for a new Real World Operation (RWO). In this occasion, this force, composed of Spanish ship "PATINO" (flag ship), French ships "FLOREAL" and punctually "LAMOTTE PIQUET" will contribute to the European Union "Operation ATALANTA", concerning the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin.
Read moreNo próximo dia 15 de Setembro, Portugal entrega o comando da Força Marítima Europeia (EUROMARFOR) à França, numa cerimónia que se irá realizar na Base Naval de Toulon.
Read moreSpeech of Vice-Admiral Monteiro Montenegro at Euromarfor Task Group Activation Ceremony for CONTEX/PHIBEX.
Read moreEuropean Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR) was activated on 21st June 2011 to contribute to participate in the exercise Contex-Phibex.
Read moreEuropean Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR), currently under Portuguese command, will activate a TASK GROUP on 21st of June in order to participate in naval exercise, nicknamed CONTEX/PHIBEX, to be conducted by the Portuguese Navy.
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