The COMGRUEUROMARFOR and Force Commander, RADM Stefano Barbieri.
Italian warship Libeccio, acting as flagship until the arrival of ITS Carabinieri.
Operation Atalanta Force Flagship.
Spanish warship Victoria.
Spanish warship Meteoro.
Spanish warship Tornado
Italian vessel ITS Carabiniere conducted a replenishment at sea (RAS) with US Navy ship, USNS Carl Brashear, prior to joining Operation Atalanta on Friday, October 17.
Spanish Navy’s frigate Victoria was on a visit to the Seychelles archipelago between October 16 and 19.
The port visit to the Seychelles allowed ESPS Victoria to resupply stores and allowed members of the crew to take some rest and recuperation before continuing with her counter-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia.
Just prior to their departure from the Gulf of Aden and journey home to their base port of La Spezia, crew members from Italian warship, ITS Libeccio, visited the Notre-Dame de Boulaos school in Djibouti.
ITS Libeccio, started her journey home to La Spezia after completing her deployment with the European Union’s counter-piracy Operation Atalanta.
On Tuesday 20 October 2015, Operation Atalanta’s new flagship, ITS Carabiniere, was visited by the Operation Commander, Major General Martin Smith MBE.
Major General Smith, Operation Atalanta Operational Commander, hosted on board ITS Carabiniere by the Force Commander, Rear Admiral Stefano Barbieri.
Commander of Combined Task Force 151, Rear Admiral Bay, welcomed on board the EU Naval Force flagship, ITS Carabiniere.
The five warships currently deployed with Operation Atalanta off the coast of Somalia met at sea in the Gulf of Aden. Operation Atalanta’s flagship, ITS Carabiniere, was joined by Spanish warships, ESPS Victoria and ESPS Meteoro, Dutch warship HNLMS Groningen, and German warship, FGS Erfurt. The ships came together in a close-formation and practiced close-quarter manoeuvres.
ITS Carabiniere performed her first friendly approach (FA) with a fishing vessel off the coast of Somalia.
ITS Carabiniere providing food, water and medical assistance to local fishermen off the Somali Coast.
Seychelles Air Force airplane training with ESPS Victoria.
On Monday 9 November 2015 Italian Navy divers from ITS Carabiniere conducted a diving exercise with sailors from the Royal Navy of Oman.
Last November 5, ITS Libeccio, commanded by Commander Cristo Salvatore Traetta, and her 205 crewmembers returned to La Spezia home base after a five month engagement in EU mission Atalanta. The unit also made a stop at Taranto port to meet the Commanding Officer of the Naval Squad and COMEUROMARFOR, Vice AdmiralFilippo Maria Foffi.
Last November 5, ITS Libeccio, commanded by Commander Cristo Salvatore Traetta, and her 205 crewmembers returned to La Spezia home base after a five month engagement in EU mission Atalanta. The unit also made a stop at Taranto port to meet the Commanding Officer of the Naval Squad and COMEUROMARFOR, Vice AdmiralFilippo Maria Foffi.