Nave's participation has just ended Crotone to NATO's Second Mine Countermeasures Group (Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 - SNMCMG2).
SNMCMG2 is an integrated multinational maritime force composed of ships belonging to different allied nations, which train and operate together, and which are permanently available to carry out NATO missions with specific expertise in naval mine fighting.
For about seventy days, the minesweeper Crotone was inserted in the SNMCMG2, sailing from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Dardanelles and participating in a series of international exercises such as the "Brilliant Mariner" in the waters off Toulon, the "NIRIIS 17" exercise in the waters of the Aegean Sea and the "NURSET 17" in the Strait of the Dardanelles.
Ship Crotone has sailed for more than 3000 nautical miles, touching the ports of countries such as France, Albania, Greece and Turkey and collaborating with numerous Military Navies, particularly in the field of mine countermeasures and NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operations) training activities .
The NATO group, under the leadership of the English flag ship HMS Enterprise, saw the participation of minesweepers of different nationalities, such as the Turkish TCG ships Alanya and TCG Edermit, the Greek ship HS Evropi, the Bulgarian ship BS Shkval and the English ship HMS Pembroke.
Furthermore, collaborations with Albanian and Israeli naval units and with the Second NATO Permanent Naval Group (Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 - SNMG2) are not missed, under the command of the English amphibious vessel HMS Ocean.
