Operation Allied Protector

Operation Allied Protector was a multinational naval mission of NATO to protect merchant ships against pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa. It was conducted from March to August 2009.

  • 4.1 See also
  • 4.2 External links
  • 4.3 Notes and references

Surgical procedure

NATO has already resulted October-December 2008, forces of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 Operation Allied Provider through, which ended after the start of the EU operation Atalanta.

The Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 ( SNMG 1) should start from March to July 2009 as part of Operation Pearl various ports in the northern Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, including Singapore and Perth in Australia. Initially it was planned to support in March / April and in June temporarily in the fight against piracy. At the NATO summit in Strasbourg, on 3 and 4 April 2009, the NATO Council decided to step up the fight against pirates and this, use the SNMG 1. Therefore, the association was sent contrary to the original plan for a port visit to Karachi, Pakistan, held in the Southeast Asian waters, immediately to the Horn of Africa.

The ships of the SNMG 1 participated on 24 March 2009 after passage of the Suez Canal on the protection of shipping off the African coast. On March 28 there was a first use, as the helicopters aboard the USS Halyburton was a come under fire yacht under Maldivian flag for help. Since then, the SNMG 1 sub-band active multiple assaults, led by boarding operations, supported the Yemeni Coast Guard and escorted several vessels.

On 29 June 2009 the SNMG took over the tasks of the two SNMG 1, on 17 August 2009 began the successor 's Operation Ocean Shield.

Order

Operation Allied Protector should contribute to the safety of navigation in the Horn of Africa. Legal basis were the resolutions of the United Nations in 1816, 1838, 1846 and 1851 the Security Council.

Organization

Leadership

Responsible NATO command post was the Allied Maritime Component Command Headquarters Northwood (United Kingdom). The forces were led to the end of June 2009 by the Portuguese Admiral Jose Pereira da Cunha on site. With the acquisition by the SNMG 2, this task was performed by the British Commodore Steve Chick.

Participating forces

NATO continued with HMCS Winnipeg in Canada, the De Zeven Provinciën from the Netherlands, Blas de Lezo from the Spain, the Halyburton from the U.S. and the Corte Real of Portugal as a flagship five ships of SNMG 1.

The forces of SNMG 2 consisted of the British Cornwall together as a flagship, the libeccio from Italy, the Greek Navarinon, the Gediz from Turkey and the U.S. destroyer Laboon.

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