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Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2

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Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2

Background and composition

SNMCMG2 (Standing NATO Response Force Mine Countermeasures Group 2). Units assigned to this force are mostly from countries with access to the Mediterranean. As it happens with SNMG2 it is quite usual to find units from north european countries. The group is usually formed with five or six minehunters and a support ship, usually acting as flagship. Commonly known as MCMFORSOUTH or MCMFORMED, recently changed it's original name, due to changes in NATO doctrine. Currently is one of the groups forming the maritime component of NATO's Response Force (NRF). It's area of operations is usually the Mediterranean Sea.

CountryNumberNameDetails
RomaniaRomania274Vice Admiral Constantin Balescu (Flagship)
TurkeyTurkeyM268AkkçakocaView
SpainSpainM36TajoView
ItalyItalyM5556AlgheroView

Events

List of visits, exercises and events of the fleet. Due to obvious reasons it is almost impossible to have accurate data at all times, feedback is always welcome and i'll more than happy to correct inacurate or missing data.

DatesDescription
??/09/2024 / 19/09/2024Exercise NUSRET 24
??/09/2024 / 04/09/2024La Spezia, Italy
??/08/2024 / 05/08/2024Mersin, Turkey
??/07/2024 / 13/07/2024Taranto, Italy
??/07/2024 / 09/07/2024Aksaz, Turkey
??/07/2024 / 02/07/2024Salamis, Greece
27/06/2024 / ??/06/2024Salamis, Greece
05/05/2024 / ??/05/2024Mahón, Spain
15/04/2024 / ??/04/2024Toulon, France
06/04/2024 / ??/04/2024Toulon, France
29/03/2024 / ??/03/2024Izmir, Turkey
20/03/2024 / ??/03/2024Catania, Italy
04/03/2024 / ??/03/2024Souda, Greece
??/02/2024 / 21/02/2024Napoli, Italy
16/02/2024 / ??/02/2024Souda, Greece
??/02/2024 / 15/02/2024Cagliari, Italy
??/02/2024 / 08/02/2024Palma de Majorca, Spain
??/01/2024 / 30/01/2024Piraeus, Greece
??/01/2024 / 29/01/2024Valencia, Spain
??/01/2024 / 25/01/2024Toulon, France
??/01/2024 / 25/01/2024Cagliari, Italy
??/01/2024 / 15/01/2024La Spezia, Italy
??/11/2023 / 19/11/2023Aksaz, Turkey
??/11/2023 / 15/11/2023Souda, Greece
??/11/2023 / 09/11/2023Napoli, Italy
??/11/2023 / 01/11/2023Cagliari, Italy
30/10/2023 / ??/11/2023Cagliari, Italy
??/10/2023 / 23/10/2023Cagliari, Italy
??/10/2023 / 14/10/2023Toulon, France
??/10/2023 / 07/10/2023Alicante, Spain
??/09/2023 / 30/09/2023Setubal, Portugal
17/09/2023 / ??/09/2023Lisbon, Portugal
08/09/2023 / ??/09/2023La Spezia, Italy
16/08/2023 / ??/08/2023Trapani, Italy
??/08/2023 / ??/08/2023Patras, Greece
??/08/2023 / 04/08/2023Aksaz, Turkey
??/07/2023 / 24/07/2023Souda, Greece
14/07/2023 / 18/07/2023Taranto, Italy
??/07/2023 / 06/07/2023La Spezia, Italy
16/06/2023 / ??/06/2023Exercise FLOTEX-23
26/05/2023 / 29/05/2023Málaga, Spain
06/05/2023 / ??/05/2023Palma de Majorca, Spain
??/04/2023 / ??/04/2023Mahón, Spain
13/04/2023 / ??/04/2023Cagliari, Italy
05/04/2023 / ??/04/2023Valletta, Malta
20/03/2023 / ??/03/2023Souda, Greece
06/03/2023 / ??/03/2023Souda, Greece
??/02/2023 / 17/02/2023Split, Croatia
??/02/2023 / 13/02/2023Dubrovnik, Croatia
??/02/2023 / 08/02/2023Taranto, Italy
??/01/2023 / ??/01/2023Durres, Albania
14/01/2023 / ??/01/2023Souda, Greece
??/12/2022 / ??/12/2022Aksaz, Turkey
??/12/2022 / ??/12/2022Souda, Greece
18/11/2022 / ??/11/2022Izmir, Turkey
06/11/2022 / ??/11/2022Souda, Greece
29/10/2022 / 31/10/2022Taranto, Italy
??/10/2022 / 24/10/2022Bari, Italy
??/10/2022 / 19/10/2022Patras, Greece
09/10/2022 / ??/10/2022Antalya, Turkey
11/09/2022 / 22/09/2022Exercise DYNAMIC MARINER 22
10/09/2022 / ??/09/2022Aksaz, Turkey
31/08/2022 / 09/09/2022Exercise DYNAMIC MOVE 22
22/08/2022 / ??/08/2022Tunis, Tunisia
12/08/2022 / ??/08/2022Leixoes, Portugal
04/06/2022 / ??/06/2022Algiers, Algeria
16/05/2022 / ??/05/2022Souda, Greece
13/05/2022 / ??/05/2022Izmir, Turkey
07/05/2022 / ??/05/2022Tunis, Tunisia
02/05/2022 / ??/05/2022Souda, Greece
30/04/2022 / ??/05/2022Aksaz, Turkey
22/04/2022 / ??/04/2022Mahón, Spain
28/01/2022 / ??/01/2022Mahón, Spain
19/11/2021 / ??/11/2021Souda, Greece
01/11/2021 / ??/11/2021Aksaz, Turkey
26/10/2021 / ??/10/2021Canakkale, Turkey
08/10/2021 / ??/10/2021Batumi, Georgia
07/10/2021 / ??/10/2021Samsun, Turkey
28/09/2021 / ??/09/2021Bakú, Azerbaijan
20/09/2021 / ??/09/2021Istambul, Turkey
10/09/2021 / ??/09/2021La Spezia, Italy
28/08/2021 / ??/08/2021La Spezia, Italy
20/08/2021 / ??/08/2021Valletta, Malta
02/08/2021 / ??/08/2021Haifa, Israel
17/05/2021 / ??/05/2021Tunis, Tunisia
26/04/2021 / ??/04/2021Exercise SPANISH MINEX
14/04/2021 / ??/04/2021La Spezia, Italy
05/04/2021 / ??/04/2021Patras, Greece
27/03/2021 / ??/03/2021Patras, Greece
21/03/2021 / 30/03/2021Exercise ARIADNE 21
19/03/2021 / ??/03/2021Tuzla, Turkey
10/03/2021 / ??/03/2021Odessa, Ukraine
19/02/2021 / ??/02/2021Istambul, Turkey
11/11/2020 / ??/11/2020Constanta, Romania
05/11/2020 / ??/11/2020Burgas, Bulgaria
30/10/2020 / ??/11/2020Burgas, Bulgaria
24/10/2020 / ??/10/2020Izmir, Turkey
17/10/2020 / ??/10/2020Izmir, Turkey
23/09/2020 / ??/09/2020Toulon, France
18/09/2020 / ??/09/2020Tunis, Tunisia
07/08/2020 / 10/08/2020Kotor, Montenegro
07/08/2020 / 10/08/2020Bar, Montenegro
10/07/2020 / ??/07/2020Burgas, Bulgaria
04/07/2020 / ??/07/2020Canakkale, Turkey
20/06/2020 / 29/06/2020Patras, Greece
07/03/2020 / ??/03/2020Antalya, Turkey
22/02/2020 / ??/02/2020Mersin, Turkey
??/02/2020 / ??/02/2020Aksaz, Turkey
??/02/2020 / ??/02/2020Souda, Greece
31/01/2020 / ??/02/2020Eregli, Turkey
25/01/2020 / 27/01/2020Constanta, Romania
29/11/2019 / ??/11/2019Souda, Greece
09/11/2019 / ??/11/2019Aksaz, Turkey
04/11/2019 / ??/11/2019Odessa, Ukraine
28/10/2019 / ??/10/2019Batumi, Georgia
04/10/2019 / ??/10/2019Rota, Spain
27/09/2019 / ??/09/2019Izmir, Turkey
16/09/2019 / ??/09/2019La Spezia, Italy
18/04/2019 / ??/04/2019Seville, Spain
07/04/2019 / 11/04/2019Málaga, Spain
22/02/2019 / 25/02/2019Varna, Bulgaria
18/02/2019 / 19/02/2019Istambul, Turkey
02/02/2019 / 02/02/2019Wilhelmshaven, Germany
07/12/2018 / ??/12/2018Palma de Majorca, Spain
27/11/2018 / ??/11/2018Patras, Greece
22/11/2018 / ??/11/2018Piraeus, Greece
12/10/2018 / ??/10/2018Izmir, Turkey
28/09/2018 / ??/09/2018Toulon, France
13/09/2018 / ??/09/2018Toulon, France
17/08/2018 / ??/08/2018Vlorë, Albania
10/08/2018 / ??/08/2018Split, Croatia
20/06/2018 / ??/06/2018Valletta, Malta
01/06/2018 / ??/06/2018Catania, Italy
28/05/2018 / ??/05/2018Constanta, Romania
09/05/2018 / ??/05/2018Palma de Majorca, Spain
30/04/2018 / ??/04/2018Mahón, Spain
20/04/2018 / ??/04/2018La Spezia, Italy
13/04/2018 / ??/04/2018Bari, Italy
09/04/2018 / ??/04/2018Koper, Slovenia
17/03/2018 / ??/03/2018Corfu, Greece
08/03/2018 / 12/03/2018Patras, Greece
02/03/2018 / 04/03/2018Vlorë, Albania
23/02/2018 / ??/02/2018Kotor, Montenegro
23/02/2018 / ??/02/2018Bar, Montenegro
09/02/2018 / ??/02/2018Burgas, Bulgaria
02/02/2018 / 05/02/2018Constanta, Romania
25/01/2018 / ??/01/2018Sinop, Turkey
24/01/2018 / 24/01/2018Istambul, Turkey
22/01/2018 / ??/01/2018Izmir, Turkey
25/11/2017 / ??/11/2017Exercise NUSRET 17
02/11/2017 / ??/11/2017Batumi, Georgia
19/10/2017 / ??/10/2017Vlorë, Albania
27/09/2017 / ??/10/2017Toulon, France
26/09/2017 / 13/10/2017Exercise BRILLIANT MARINER 2017
??/09/2017 / 23/09/2017Lisbon, Portugal
15/09/2017 / ??/09/2017Genova, Italy
01/09/2017 / ??/09/2017La Spezia, Italy
25/08/2017 / ??/08/2017Brindisi, Italy
18/08/2017 / ??/08/2017Split, Croatia
11/08/2017 / ??/08/2017Koper, Slovenia
30/06/2017 / ??/06/2017Portsmouth, United Kingdom
23/06/2017 / ??/06/2017El Ferrol, Spain
09/06/2017 / ??/06/2017Cartagena, Spain
29/05/2017 / ??/05/2017Barcelona, Spain
26/05/2017 / ??/05/2017Mahón, Spain
21/05/2017 / ??/05/2017Arbatax, Italy
15/05/2017 / ??/05/2017Exercise MARE APERTO
07/04/2017 / ??/04/2017Exercise ARIADNE
29/03/2017 / ??/03/2017Istambul, Turkey
28/01/2017 / ??/01/2017La Spezia, Italy
24/01/2017 / ??/01/2017Cagliari, Italy
20/10/2016 / ??/10/2016Algiers, Algeria
28/07/2016 / ??/07/2016Salamis, Greece
22/07/2016 / 25/07/2016Constanta, Romania
15/07/2016 / 18/07/2016Burgas, Bulgaria
12/07/2016 / 14/07/2016Exercise BREEZE 16
01/07/2016 / 08/07/2016Tuzla, Turkey
24/06/2016 / 26/06/2016Catania, Italy
17/06/2016 / 19/06/2016La Spezia, Italy
10/06/2016 / 12/06/2016La Spezia, Italy
06/06/2016 / 16/06/2016Exercise ITALIAN MINEX 16
21/05/2016 / ??/05/2016Palma de Majorca, Spain
18/03/2016 / ??/03/2016Kotor, Montenegro
18/03/2016 / ??/03/2016Bar, Montenegro
12/02/2016 / ??/02/2016Batumi, Georgia
12/10/2015 / 14/10/2015Algiers, Algeria
01/10/2015 / ??/10/2015Trapani, Italy
18/09/2015 / ??/09/2015Taranto, Italy
04/09/2015 / ??/09/2015Kotor, Montenegro
04/09/2015 / ??/09/2015Bar, Montenegro
29/08/2015 / ??/09/2015Split, Croatia
25/08/2015 / ??/08/2015Cagliari, Italy
05/07/2015 / ??/07/2015Erdek, Turkey
02/06/2015 / ??/06/2015La Spezia, Italy
01/05/2015 / ??/05/2015Brest, France
25/04/2015 / ??/04/2015Belfast, United Kingdom
10/04/2015 / ??/04/2015Glasgow, United Kingdom
20/03/2015 / ??/03/2015Cherbourg, France
05/03/2015 / ??/03/2015Amsterdam, Netherlands
19/02/2015 / 03/02/2015La Coruña, Spain
06/02/2015 / ??/02/2015Málaga, Spain
31/01/2015 / ??/02/2015Valencia, Spain