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The delegations from both Flagships, during the meeting on board the NATO Flagship HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen.
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Both Force Commanders agreed that close co-ordination between the two counter-piracy missions is critical to efforts to eradicate piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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The Force Commander of the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR), Commodore Peter Lenselink (right), met the Force Commander of NATO counter-piracy Operation Ocean Shield, Commodore Henning Amundsen (left), on board the NATO Flagship HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen.
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EU Naval Force Flagship HNLMS Johan de Witt's helicopter lands on NATO counter-piracy Operation Ocean Shield Flagship HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen's flight deck.
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Naham 3 close to the Somali coast
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A little Replenishment At Sea (RAS), the HSwMS Carlskrona boarding team hand over some soft drinks to the local fishermen.
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The boarding team of the HSwMS Carlskrona informs the crew of the skiff about the current situation and hands over an information package.
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German EU Naval Force ship, FGS Augsburg, provides a close escort to a World Food Programme chartered vessel
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The MV Caroline Scan, chartered by the World Food Programme, is protected by a Finnish Autonomous Vessel Protection Detachment from the EU Naval Force
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The boarding team from NRP Álvares Cabral “fast-rope” from a helicopter onto a WFP vessel
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WFP Logistics and Shipping Officer (Kenya), Ifigenia Metaxa, and the EU NAVFOR Force Commander, Commodore Jorge Novo Palma
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Since the launch of Operation Atalanta in 2008, EU NAVFOR has had a 100% success rate providing protection to WFP vessels delivering food to the Somali people and to AMISOM shipments critical to the success of the African Union mission in Somalia
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EU Naval Force Flagship NRP Álvares Cabral alongside in Mombasa
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EU NAVFOR Flagship NRP Álvares Cabral entering Mombasa
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The delegation from the Intergovernmental Standing Committee on Shipping during their visit to the EU NAVFOR Flagship
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EU NAVFOR FCdr, Commodore Jorge Novo Palma (center), EU NAVFOR Liaison Officer in Kenya, Commander Benjamin Chauvet (left), and EU NAVFOR Political Advisor in Nairobi, Mrs Stijn Janssen (right), during a press conference held on board NRP Álvares Cabral
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The EU NAVFOR Force Commander and the Commanding Officer of NRP Álvares Cabral, during a meeting with the Kenya Maritime Authority Director General, Mrs Nancy W Karigithu
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The Kenyan Navy Deputy Commander, Brigadier John Waweru (left), meets with the EU NAVFOR Force Commander, Commodore Jorge Novo Palma (right)
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Staff of the EU Naval Force visited the Mombasa Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre (MRCC) and the EU MARSIC project
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Commodore Palma visited the Kenya Port Authority, where he was briefed on the Mombasa Port Control Tower by Captain TA Khamis, General Manager (Operations)
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A member of the crew of FS Nivôse guides Tanzanian sailors through techniques for disarming a suspect crew member carrying a weapon
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The members of Tanzanian Coast guard with a Frnech sailor on board the EU Naval Force warship FS Nivôse
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The members of Tanzanian Coast guard with a Frnech sailor on board the EU Naval Force warship FS Nivôse
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A member of the crew of FS Nivôse guides Tanzanian sailors through techniques for disarming a suspect crew member carrying a weapon
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A Tanzanian sailor in full fire fighting clothing during training with the French EU Naval Force ship FS Guépratte
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A French sailor briefs the Tanzanian sailors on a fire fighting exercise
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Tanzanian sailors don protective clothing prior for the fire fighting exercise
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Brigadier General Abdullah Mwemjudi on board FS Guépratte in Dar-es-Salaam port
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Brigadier General Abdullah Mwemjudi meets with staff from the FS Guépratte in the French ship’s wardroom
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Tanzanian and French divers
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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
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The EU Naval Force warship HSwMS Carlskrona
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The dhow with fourteen Indian sailors who are now safe and able to return to their families.
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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
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A Portuguese Lynx, with the EU NAVFOR Force Commander on board, lands on the FS Tonnerre
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A French Allouette III lands on the flight deck of FS Georges Leygues
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The NRP Alvares Cabral (front), sailing with the FS Georges Leygues (centre) and the FS Tonnerre (rear)
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A French Allouette III helicopter prepares to land on the FS Tonnerre
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EU NAVFOR Force Commander, Commodore Jorge Novo Palma, is given a tour of French destroyer FS Georges Leygues
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The EU NAVFOR Force Commander sits in on a post-deployment brief of the FS Tonnerre
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The crew of the French frigate remain vigilant throughout the escort
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The helicopter from FS Nivose winches a sailor down onto the WFP vessel prior to the escort
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A French sailor watches the WFP vessel as she sails off the Somali coast
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EU Naval Force warship FS Nivôse maintains a close escort of the WFP vessel
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The French warship watches the World Food Programme vessel (as seen from above)
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The FS Nivôse escorts the WFP vessel
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The moment the package is dropped from the Spanish aircraft
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Two members of the Spanish MPRA detachment conduct a test to confirm that the canister drops correctly from the aircraft.
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A Spanish airman from the MPRA detachment, drops the package out of the aircraft’s sonar buoy tubes off the coast of Somalia.
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The Swedish Defence Minister, Karin Enström, addresses the crew of HSwMS Carlskrona during a visit in Djobouti
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The EU Flag
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The EU Flag
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The Somali Defence Minister and members of the Somali Cabinet visited the EU Naval Force Operation Headquarters in London
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The commander of the Finnish AVPD is presented a crest by the EUNAVFOR Force Commander, during their meeting on the WFP vessel
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The EU NAVFOR Force Commander, Commodore Jorge Palma, with the Finnish AVPD and Portuguese navy boarding team on board the MV Caroline Scan
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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
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An officer from ESPS Rayo briefs the Master of a WFP vessel on procedures prior to the Spanish ship providing an escort
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German EU Naval Force ship, FGS Augsburg, provides a close escort to the WFP ship, MV Yakima Princess
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A World Food Programme vessel is escorted by FGS Augsburg as she transports a shipment of humanitarian aid to Somalia
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A member of the Finnish AVPD embarked on the MV Caroline Scan maintains a vigilant lookout as the vessel sails along the Somali coast - April 2013
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