Operation Atalanta Update

The French paper Le Point is listing the following ships as part of Operation Atalanta, the EU NAVFOR operation for fighting piracy.

Greece: HS Nikiforos Fokas (F466)

Netherlands: HNLMS De Ruyter (F804)

France: FS Jean de Vienne (D643) and FS Nivôse (F732)

Spain: SPS Victoria (F82)

Germany: FGS Karlsruhe (F212) and FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (F 218)

Great Britain: HMS Northumberland (F238) and HMS Cumberland - (F85)

Sweden: HMS Stockholm (K11). HMS Malmo (K12), HMS Visby (K31), and HMS Trossö (A264)

Norway (non EU contributing member): KNM Fridtjof Nansen (F310)

Operation Atalanta is broken into three periods of four months each: December-March, April-July, and August-November 2009. Greece, Germany, France, and Great Britain will start the first period. Spain and Sweden will begin during the second period, while the Netherlands will arrive in the third period. It is unclear which period Norway will being their contribution. More details previously discussed here.

As someone who thinks HMS Visby (K31) just looks really damn cool, I'm look forward to April. Image is very high resolution just in case you want to take a closer look.