Captain Merveilleux du Vignaux and EUNAVFOR Operation Commander Admiral Potts greet High Representative Catherine Ashton she boards FS LaFayette
Aug 28, 2012
After a three day hunt by NATO and EU counter piracy forces, HNLMS Rotterdam in close cooperation with EU unit FGS Sachsen, has successfully disrupted a pirated dhow.
Aug 13, 2012
On 13 July 2012, Rear Admiral Rainer Endres (German Navy) handed over the role of Deputy Operation Commander (DCOM) of the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia - Operation Atalanta to Rear Admiral Gualtiero Mattesi (Italian Navy).
Jul 13, 2012
On June 12th, EU Naval Force rescued a small fishing boat on the northern coast of Somalia.
Jun 13, 2012
On Wednesday 16 May the Republic of the Seychelles agreed to accept for prosecution 11 suspect pirates who were captured by EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) on 12 May 2012 (
May 21, 2012
15th May - Earlier today, following the decision taken on 23 March 2012 by the Council of the European Union to allow the EU Naval Force to take disruption action against known pirate supplies on the shore, EU forces conducted an operation to destroy pirate equipment on the Somali coastline.
May 15, 2012
EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Dutch frigate Van Amstel releases a pirated dhow and her 17 Iranian crew from suspected pirates.
May 12, 2012
Spanish warship, ESPS Infanta Elena rescued 6 Sri Lankan fishermen and their fishing vessel from 7 suspected pirates.
Apr 23, 2012
Commanding officer of Spanish warship, ESPS Reina Sofía, wished “fair winds and following seas” to the master of the freed Yemeni dhow...
Apr 20, 2012
In a ceremony held today (7 April) onboard Spanish warship ESPS Patino, and presided over by the EU Naval Force Deputy Commander – Rear admiral Rainer Endres (German Navy), the French warship FS Marne became the new flagship of the EU Naval Force, Somalia, und
Apr 07, 2012
On Friday 23 March 2012 the Council of the European Union confirmed its intention to extend the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) counter-piracy mission, Operation ATLANATA off the Somali coast until December 2014.
Mar 23, 2012
EU NAFVOR warship FGS BERLIN has successfully engineered the release of an Indian flagged dhow and crew, disrupting a Pirate Action Group and destroying two attack skiffs.
Mar 08, 2012