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Brigadier General Abdullah Mwemjudi on board FS Guépratte in Dar-es-Salaam port Brigadier General Abdullah Mwemjudi meets with staff from the FS Guépratte in the French ship’s wardroom Tanzanian and French divers A French sailor briefs the Tanzanian sailors on a fire fighting exercise Tanzanian sailors don protective clothing prior for the fire fighting exercise A Tanzanian sailor in full fire fighting clothing during training with the French EU Naval Force ship FS Guépratte Crewmember of EU Naval Force warship HSwMS Carlskrona speaks with Indian sailor about their ordeal in the hands of pirates. The EU Naval Force warship HSwMS Carlskrona The dhow with fourteen Indian sailors who are now safe and able to return to their families. HSwMS Carlskrona boarding team approching the Indian dhow to verify that supected pirates have left the dhow and check on the fourteen crewmembers Helicopter from HSwMS Carlskrona overflew the scene, and the pirates, now under increasing pressure, forced the master to close the Somali coast so they could abandon the vessel. Picture: archive April 2013 The NRP Alvares Cabral (front), sailing with the FS Georges Leygues (centre) and the FS Tonnerre (rear) A French Allouette III lands on the flight deck of FS Georges Leygues EU NAVFOR Force Commander, Commodore Jorge Novo Palma, is given a tour of French destroyer FS Georges Leygues A French Allouette III helicopter prepares to land on the FS Tonnerre A Portuguese Lynx, with the EU NAVFOR Force Commander on board, lands on the FS Tonnerre Commodore Jorge Novo Palma presents an EU Naval Force crest to the Commanding Officer of the FS Tonnerre to thank him and his crew for their contribution to Operation Atalanta The EU NAVFOR Force Commander sits in on a post-deployment brief of the FS Tonnerre The helicopter from FS Nivose winches a sailor down onto the WFP vessel prior to the escort The French frigate watches the WFP vessel as the sun sets A French sailor watches the WFP vessel as she sails off the Somali coast The French warship watches the World Food Programme vessel (as seen from above) EU Naval Force warship FS Nivôse maintains a close escort of the WFP vessel The FS Nivôse escorts the WFP vessel The crew of the French frigate remain vigilant throughout the escort A Spanish airman from the MPRA detachment, drops the package out of the aircraft’s sonar buoy tubes off the coast of Somalia. Two members of the Spanish MPRA detachment conduct a test to confirm that the canister drops correctly from the aircraft. The moment the package is dropped from the Spanish aircraft The Commanding Officer of the Swedish EU Naval Force warship HSwMS Carlskrona Commander Mathias Jansson (left), together with the Swedish Defence Minister Karin Enström (right) and Rear Admiral Jan Thörnqvist (centre) The Senior Medical Officer, Lieutenant Commander Åke Karlbom, describes HSwMS Carlskrona’s Role 2 medical capability to the Swedish Defence Minister The Swedish Defence Minister, Karin Enström, addresses the crew of HSwMS Carlskrona during a visit in Djobouti The Swedish Defence Minister took the opportunity to talk with crew members from the Swedish warship The EU Flag The Somali Defence Minister and members of the Somali Cabinet visited the EU Naval Force Operation Headquarters in London The Portuguese Super Lynx MK 95 from the EU Naval Force Flagship, hovers above the deck of the MV Caroline Scan during a fast-rope insertion exercise The boarding team from NRP Álvares Cabral “fast-rope” from a helicopter onto the WFP vessel The EU NAVFOR Force Commander, Commodore Jorge Palma, with the Finnish AVPD and Portuguese navy boarding team on board the MV Caroline Scan The commander of the Finnish AVPD is presented a crest by the EUNAVFOR Force Commander, during their meeting on the WFP vessel EU Naval Force Spanish warship ESPS Rayo escorts a WFP vessel carrying humanitarian aid bound for Somalia An officer from ESPS Rayo briefs the Master of a WFP vessel on procedures prior to the Spanish ship providing an escort