French Frigate NIVOSE leaves EU NAVFOR after participating for one month in Operation ATALANTA.

May 31, 2011 - 13:47
FS NIVOSE completed her deployment as an EU NAVFOR warship after thirty four days proudly flying the European Flag.

During this period she has conducted a variety of tasks in the force and has always been ready for any duties and demonstrated a proactive attitude to face all challenges in order to achieve the objectives of Operation ATALANTA Of note she was involved in the disruption of a pirated Yemeni dhow,  as well as the disruption of a pirated Iranian fishing dhow, which was pirated a year ago and has been used as a mother ship in the vicinity of the Arabian Sea.

In his farewell signal to the French frigate the EU NAVFOR Force Commander Alberto Correia said:” Your proactive role and your engagement in this operation have had a great impact on the counter-piracy mission led by the European Union.”

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