On Monday 27 July 2015, EU Naval Force flagship, ESPS Galicia, escorted a World Food Programme (WFP) vessel, Liberty Glory, along the Somali coast to protect it from any potential pirate attack.
Aug 01, 2015
On Monday 27 July 2015, the Operation Commander of the EU Naval Force, Major General Martin Smith MBE, visited the Operation Atalanta flagship, ESPS Galicia.
Aug 01, 2015
On 25 July 2015, staff from Operation Atalanta Force Headquarters visited the Japanese Detachment of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 in Djibouti.
Jul 31, 2015
On Saturday 25 July 2015, EU Naval Force Commander, Rear Admiral Alfonso Gomez Fernando de Cordoba, welcomed the Chief of the Djiboutian Navy, Colonel Abdourahman Aden Cher, on board Operation Atalanta flagship, ESPS Galicia.
Jul 30, 2015
Spanish warship, ESPS Galicia, recently reached the halfway point in her deployment as the flagship for Operation Atalanta; the EU's counter-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia.
Jul 28, 2015
Colombian Navy warship, ARC 7 de Agosto, recently completed sea trials with the Spanish Navy prior to her collaboration with Operation Atalanta off the coast of Somalia.
Jul 28, 2015
The dentist on board Operation Atalanta flagship, ESPS Galicia, provides dentistry services to all the crew members on board to ensure that they remain fully fit to carry out their operational role.
Jul 27, 2015
Whilst conducting counter-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden, EU Naval Force flagship, ESPS Galicia, responded to a mayday call from an Italian merchant vessel, MV Altina. The merchant vessel had developed engine problems and was drifting at sea.
Jul 23, 2015
On 15 July 2015, EU Naval Force Commander, Rear Admiral Alfonso Gómez Fernández de Córdoba, assumed the counter-piracy coordination role from the Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 commander, Rear Admiral Hiroshi Ito, during a meeting at sea on board Operation Atalanta fla
Jul 22, 2015
On 16 July 2015, crew members from ESPS Galicia celebrated Spanish Navy Day on board with a naval procession of the Holy Carmen Virgin, patron saint of the Spanish Navy, followed by religious ceremonies in the ship’s hangar.
Jul 22, 2015
In July 2015 the German Maritime Patrol P3C-Orion aircraft completed a three month detachment with Operation Atalanta off the coast of Somalia.
Jul 15, 2015
After completing four months of counter-piracy patrols with Operation Atalanta, Spanish warship, ESPS Infanta Cristina, is on her way home to her homeport of Cartagena in Spain.
Jul 08, 2015