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News Archive - July 2014

On Sunday morning 27 July a memorial service for the victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 was held on board HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën.

EU Naval Force Dutch Frigate HNLMS De Zeven Provincien Holds Memorial Service for Families Affected by Malaysia Airlines MH17

July 30, 2014 - 08:50

On Sunday morning 27 July a memorial service for the victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 was held on board HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën.  The Dutch frigate is currently at sea off the coast of Somalia conducting counter-piracy patrols as part of the EU Naval Force. The warship’s Chaplain, Thijs Oosterhuis, led the service, with poems […]

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ESPS Navarra joined the EU Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta on Tuesday 22 July 2014. ESPS Navarra has a crew of 214 men and women on board.

EU Force Commander Visits Spanish Navy Warship ESPS Navarra In The Gulf Of Aden

July 28, 2014 - 15:51

On Friday 25 July 2014 the EU Force Commander, Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen, took the opportunity to visit warship, ESPS Navarra. The Spanish Navy frigate recently joined the EU Naval Force and was in close vicinity to the EU flagship, FGS Brandenburg, in the Gulf of Aden. The purpose of the visit was to […]

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On Thursday 24 July the EU Naval Force flagship, German frigate FGS Brandenburg and the Japanese destroyer, JS Inazuma, met at sea in the Gulf of Aden.

EU Naval Force Flagship FGS Brandenburg And Japanese Destroyer Inazuma Meet At Sea In Gulf of Aden

July 28, 2014 - 09:51

On Thursday 24 July the EU Naval Force flagship, German frigate FGS Brandenburg and the Japanese destroyer, JS Inazuma, met at sea in the Gulf of Aden. The EU Force Commander, Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen, took the opportunity to welcome his counterpart, Japanese Commander of Escort Division 8, Captain Koji Tachikawa and some of […]

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ESPS Relámpago has completed her counter-piracy deployment with Operation Atalanta in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.

EU Naval Force Warship ESPS RELÁMPAGO Completes Her Participation With Operation Atalanta

July 25, 2014 - 08:12

Five months after departing from her home port of Las Palmas, in Spain, the  EU Naval Force Spanish Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV), ESPS Relámpago, has completed her counter-piracy deployment with Operation Atalanta in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. As she departed for home waters, the Spanish Navy frigate, ESPS Navarra, re-joined the European […]

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Captain Hans-Jörg Detlefsen (middle) with the Captain of the aircraft and the Commanding Officer of the MPRA Detachment.

German EU Naval Force Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft Receives Visit from Squadron Commanding Officer

July 24, 2014 - 08:02

The German EU Naval Force Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance (MPRA) Detachment in Djibouti received a welcome visit from their Squadron Commanding Officer, Captain Hans-Jörg Detlefsen, who is based in Germany. Since 2009 men and women from the German Squadron Graf Zeppelin in Nordholz, Northern Germany, have been supporting the EU Naval Forces off the Coast of […]

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ESPS Navarra

EU Naval Force Welcomes Spanish Navy Warship ESPS Navarra

July 23, 2014 - 11:45

On Tuesday 22 July 2014 Spanish frigate ESPS Navarra joined the EU Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta. Over the next five months the task of the 214 men and women on board will be to deter, prevent and repress acts of piracy and armed robbery in the piracy high risk areas and escort World Food […]

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EU Force Commander Rear Admiral zur Mühlen welcomed Chinese Force Commander, Rear Admiral Huang Xinjian, on board FGS Brandenburg.

EU Naval Force and Chinese Navy Ships Meet at Sea in the Gulf of Aden

July 16, 2014 - 13:04

On Monday 14 July EU Naval Force warships FGS Brandenburg and ESPS Relampago rendezvoused with Chinese Navy ships PLANS Chang Chun and PLANS Chaohu at sea in the Gulf of Aden and carried out naval procedures together. The EU Force Commander, Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen, took the opportunity to welcome the Commander of the Chinese Naval […]

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Combat support ship FGS Berlin which recently joined the EU Naval Force received a welcome visit from Force Commander, Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen.

EU Force Commander Visits Combat Support Ship FGS Berlin at Sea in the Gulf of Aden

July 15, 2014 - 17:02

Combat support ship FGS Berlin which recently joined the EU Naval Force received a welcome visit from Force Commander, Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen, who commands all ships deployed at sea with EU Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Both German warships have already conducted a Replenishment […]

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Rear Admiral Bob Tarrant, welcomed the UK Ministry of Defence’s Director General Security Policy, Mr Peter Watkins CBE and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Director for Defence and Security Policy, Mr Peter Jones, to the Operational Headquarters in Northwood

Operation Commander Welcomes UK Security Policy Directors to EU Naval Force Headquarters in Northwood

July 14, 2014 - 15:36

Earlier today the Operation Commander of the EU Naval Force, Rear Admiral Bob Tarrant, welcomed the UK Ministry of Defence’s Director General Security Policy, Mr Peter Watkins CBE and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Director for Defence and Security Policy, Mr Peter Jones, to the Operational Headquarters in Northwood. During the visit the Directors […]

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The Speaker and leaders of the political parties of the Dutch House of Representatives made a working visit to the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate, HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën, at sea off the coast of Tanzania.

Dutch Speaker And Parliamentary Party Leaders Visit EU Naval Force Warship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën During A Visit To Africa

July 14, 2014 - 09:57

The Speaker and leaders of the political parties of the Dutch House of Representatives made a working visit to the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate, HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën, at sea off the coast of Tanzania.  They visitors were accompanied by the Netherlands Chief of Defence, General Tom Middendorp. During the visit the Members of Parliament […]

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