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Rear Admiral Duncan L. Potts welcomed Mr. Alexander Rondos

On 23rd January 2012, EU NAVFOR Operation Commander Rear Admiral Duncan L. Potts welcomed Mr. Alexander Rondos, the recently appointed EU Special Representative to the Horn of Africa to the Operation Headquarters in Northwood for a briefing on the EU NAVFOR mission and discussed future close cooperation. Rear Admiral Potts welcomed the...

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EU NAVFOR warship INFANTA CRISTINA escorts AMISOM-vessel

PETRA 1 and AMISOM-RHIB's

EU NAVFOR warship SPS INFANTA CRISTINA left Mombasa’s waters last week to assume the escort of merchant vessel PETRA 1...

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EU NAVFOR COMPLETES 100TH AMISOM ESCORT

AMISOM vessel PETRA 1 being escorted by an EU NAVFOR warship

On 2 June 2011, EU NAVFOR completed its 100th escort of an AMISOM vessel. As part of the EU/UN co-operation,...

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EU NAVFOR completes two further escorts

EU NAVFOR Swedish warship HSwMS CARLSKRONA escorting MV PETRA 1

On 18 October, the EU NAVFOR Swedish warship HSwMS CARLSKRONA completed another grouped escort for both the World Food Program...

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EU NAVFOR completes two more WFP and AMISOM escorts

World Food Programme in Mombasa (Kenya)

Thanks to the protection of EU NAVFOR Flagship FS DE GRASSE, both MV MILTZOW, chartered by the World Food Program...

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EU NAVFOR conducts three more successful escorts for WFP and AMISOM vessels

EU NAVFOR FS DE GRASSE escorting AMISOM vessel

After ten days chasing and disrupting suspect skiffs in the Gulf of Aden, the French EUNAVFOR Flag ship DE GRASSE...

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EU NAVFOR Italian warship ITS LIBECCIO joins Operation Atalanta as the Italian contribution to the fight against piracy in the region

EU NAVFOR Italian ship ITS LIBECCIO

On 29 July, ITS Libeccio and her crew joined Operation Atalanta and the Italian Frigate, under the Command of Cdr...

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EU NAVFOR warship FS Nivôse in exchange of fire

EU NAVFOR French warship Nivôse

The EU NAVFOR French warship, FS Nivôse, came under small arms fire on 20 May from the coast in the...

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Flag ship solves EU NAVFOR main task

The merchant vessels Dream-H (left) and Rozen (near right), sailing for UN World Food Programme with humanitarian aid to internally displaced persons in Somalia, was escorted by EU NAVFOR flag ship HSwMS Carlskrona

The merchant vessels Rozen and Dream-H, sailing for UN World Food Programme with humanitarian aid to displaced persons in Somalia,...

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Pirates hijack Turkish Bulk Carrier off the Somali coast

Bulk Carrier Yasin C

The Turkish flagged Bulk Carrier YASIN C was hijacked earlier today approximately 250 Nautical Miles east of Mombasa. The YASIN...

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UK Members of Parliament visit EU NAVFOR

Rear Admiral Peter Hudson with MPs Julian Brazier and Julian Lewis

On the afternoon of Wednesday 17th March EU NAVFOR hosted a visit by two Shadow Ministers from the UK House...

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