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| German Frigate Schleswig-Holstein to Relieve Emden |
| 2010-05-08 |
| The German navy frigate Schleswig-Holstein set sail from North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven Monday to join the EU's Operation Atalanta counter-piracy efforts, according to an Aviation Week blog. The ship has a complement of 240 crew, and leaves with additional troops including a mobile protection element. The element can also detach a 10 man vessel protection detachment (VPD) by dinghy or helo to protect a civilian ship. VPDs are in use by NAVFOR to provide security for World Food program vessels operating between Mogadishu and Mombasa. The Schleswig-Holstein will relieve the German Frigate Emden which has been on deployment since January. The Schleswig-Holstein will end its deployment in October, 2010. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 Not as proud as Sidney |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-05-08 14:42 |
| #2 You mean like firing the first shots at our friends in Poland in 1939? I think it's more like, I can't believe we're allowing Germany to man up their military again! |
| Posted by: Inglorious Basterd 2010-05-08 14:30 |
| #1 Proud names with a proud history. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-05-08 06:00 |