Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2
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.
| Country | Number | Name | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania |  | 274 | Vice Admiral Constantin Balescu (Flagship) | |
| Turkey |  | M268 | Akkçakoca | View |
| Spain |  | M36 | Tajo | View |
| Italy |  | M5556 | Alghero | View |
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.
| Dates | Description |
|---|---|
| ??/09/2024 / 19/09/2024 | Exercise NUSRET 24 |
| ??/09/2024 / 04/09/2024 | La Spezia, Italy |
| ??/08/2024 / 05/08/2024 | Mersin, Turkey |
| ??/07/2024 / 13/07/2024 | Taranto, Italy |
| ??/07/2024 / 09/07/2024 | Aksaz, Turkey |
| ??/07/2024 / 02/07/2024 | Salamis, Greece |
| 27/06/2024 / ??/06/2024 | Salamis, Greece |
| 05/05/2024 / ??/05/2024 | Mahón, Spain |
| 15/04/2024 / ??/04/2024 | Toulon, France |
| 06/04/2024 / ??/04/2024 | Toulon, France |
| 29/03/2024 / ??/03/2024 | Izmir, Turkey |
| 20/03/2024 / ??/03/2024 | Catania, Italy |
| 04/03/2024 / ??/03/2024 | Souda, Greece |
| ??/02/2024 / 21/02/2024 | Napoli, Italy |
| 16/02/2024 / ??/02/2024 | Souda, Greece |
| ??/02/2024 / 15/02/2024 | Cagliari, Italy |
| ??/02/2024 / 08/02/2024 | Palma de Majorca, Spain |
| ??/01/2024 / 30/01/2024 | Piraeus, Greece |
| ??/01/2024 / 29/01/2024 | Valencia, Spain |
| ??/01/2024 / 25/01/2024 | Toulon, France |
| ??/01/2024 / 25/01/2024 | Cagliari, Italy |
| ??/01/2024 / 15/01/2024 | La Spezia, Italy |
| ??/11/2023 / 19/11/2023 | Aksaz, Turkey |
| ??/11/2023 / 15/11/2023 | Souda, Greece |
| ??/11/2023 / 09/11/2023 | Napoli, Italy |
| ??/11/2023 / 01/11/2023 | Cagliari, Italy |
| 30/10/2023 / ??/11/2023 | Cagliari, Italy |
| ??/10/2023 / 23/10/2023 | Cagliari, Italy |
| ??/10/2023 / 14/10/2023 | Toulon, France |
| ??/10/2023 / 07/10/2023 | Alicante, Spain |
| ??/09/2023 / 30/09/2023 | Setubal, Portugal |
| 17/09/2023 / ??/09/2023 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 08/09/2023 / ??/09/2023 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 16/08/2023 / ??/08/2023 | Trapani, Italy |
| ??/08/2023 / ??/08/2023 | Patras, Greece |
| ??/08/2023 / 04/08/2023 | Aksaz, Turkey |
| ??/07/2023 / 24/07/2023 | Souda, Greece |
| 14/07/2023 / 18/07/2023 | Taranto, Italy |
| ??/07/2023 / 06/07/2023 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 16/06/2023 / ??/06/2023 | Exercise FLOTEX-23 |
| 26/05/2023 / 29/05/2023 | Málaga, Spain |
| 06/05/2023 / ??/05/2023 | Palma de Majorca, Spain |
| ??/04/2023 / ??/04/2023 | Mahón, Spain |
| 13/04/2023 / ??/04/2023 | Cagliari, Italy |
| 05/04/2023 / ??/04/2023 | Valletta, Malta |
| 20/03/2023 / ??/03/2023 | Souda, Greece |
| 06/03/2023 / ??/03/2023 | Souda, Greece |
| ??/02/2023 / 17/02/2023 | Split, Croatia |
| ??/02/2023 / 13/02/2023 | Dubrovnik, Croatia |
| ??/02/2023 / 08/02/2023 | Taranto, Italy |
| ??/01/2023 / ??/01/2023 | Durres, Albania |
| 14/01/2023 / ??/01/2023 | Souda, Greece |
| ??/12/2022 / ??/12/2022 | Aksaz, Turkey |
| ??/12/2022 / ??/12/2022 | Souda, Greece |
| 18/11/2022 / ??/11/2022 | Izmir, Turkey |
| 06/11/2022 / ??/11/2022 | Souda, Greece |
| 29/10/2022 / 31/10/2022 | Taranto, Italy |
| ??/10/2022 / 24/10/2022 | Bari, Italy |
| ??/10/2022 / 19/10/2022 | Patras, Greece |
| 09/10/2022 / ??/10/2022 | Antalya, Turkey |
| 11/09/2022 / 22/09/2022 | Exercise DYNAMIC MARINER 22 |
| 10/09/2022 / ??/09/2022 | Aksaz, Turkey |
| 31/08/2022 / 09/09/2022 | Exercise DYNAMIC MOVE 22 |
| 22/08/2022 / ??/08/2022 | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 12/08/2022 / ??/08/2022 | Leixoes, Portugal |
| 04/06/2022 / ??/06/2022 | Algiers, Algeria |
| 16/05/2022 / ??/05/2022 | Souda, Greece |
| 13/05/2022 / ??/05/2022 | Izmir, Turkey |
| 07/05/2022 / ??/05/2022 | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 02/05/2022 / ??/05/2022 | Souda, Greece |
| 30/04/2022 / ??/05/2022 | Aksaz, Turkey |
| 22/04/2022 / ??/04/2022 | Mahón, Spain |
| 28/01/2022 / ??/01/2022 | Mahón, Spain |
| 19/11/2021 / ??/11/2021 | Souda, Greece |
| 01/11/2021 / ??/11/2021 | Aksaz, Turkey |
| 26/10/2021 / ??/10/2021 | Canakkale, Turkey |
| 08/10/2021 / ??/10/2021 | Batumi, Georgia |
| 07/10/2021 / ??/10/2021 | Samsun, Turkey |
| 28/09/2021 / ??/09/2021 | Bakú, Azerbaijan |
| 20/09/2021 / ??/09/2021 | Istambul, Turkey |
| 10/09/2021 / ??/09/2021 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 28/08/2021 / ??/08/2021 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 20/08/2021 / ??/08/2021 | Valletta, Malta |
| 02/08/2021 / ??/08/2021 | Haifa, Israel |
| 17/05/2021 / ??/05/2021 | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 26/04/2021 / ??/04/2021 | Exercise SPANISH MINEX |
| 14/04/2021 / ??/04/2021 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 05/04/2021 / ??/04/2021 | Patras, Greece |
| 27/03/2021 / ??/03/2021 | Patras, Greece |
| 21/03/2021 / 30/03/2021 | Exercise ARIADNE 21 |
| 19/03/2021 / ??/03/2021 | Tuzla, Turkey |
| 10/03/2021 / ??/03/2021 | Odessa, Ukraine |
| 19/02/2021 / ??/02/2021 | Istambul, Turkey |
| 11/11/2020 / ??/11/2020 | Constanta, Romania |
| 05/11/2020 / ??/11/2020 | Burgas, Bulgaria |
| 30/10/2020 / ??/11/2020 | Burgas, Bulgaria |
| 24/10/2020 / ??/10/2020 | Izmir, Turkey |
| 17/10/2020 / ??/10/2020 | Izmir, Turkey |
| 23/09/2020 / ??/09/2020 | Toulon, France |
| 18/09/2020 / ??/09/2020 | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 07/08/2020 / 10/08/2020 | Kotor, Montenegro |
| 07/08/2020 / 10/08/2020 | Bar, Montenegro |
| 10/07/2020 / ??/07/2020 | Burgas, Bulgaria |
| 04/07/2020 / ??/07/2020 | Canakkale, Turkey |
| 20/06/2020 / 29/06/2020 | Patras, Greece |
| 07/03/2020 / ??/03/2020 | Antalya, Turkey |
| 22/02/2020 / ??/02/2020 | Mersin, Turkey |
| ??/02/2020 / ??/02/2020 | Aksaz, Turkey |
| ??/02/2020 / ??/02/2020 | Souda, Greece |
| 31/01/2020 / ??/02/2020 | Eregli, Turkey |
| 25/01/2020 / 27/01/2020 | Constanta, Romania |
| 29/11/2019 / ??/11/2019 | Souda, Greece |
| 09/11/2019 / ??/11/2019 | Aksaz, Turkey |
| 04/11/2019 / ??/11/2019 | Odessa, Ukraine |
| 28/10/2019 / ??/10/2019 | Batumi, Georgia |
| 04/10/2019 / ??/10/2019 | Rota, Spain |
| 27/09/2019 / ??/09/2019 | Izmir, Turkey |
| 16/09/2019 / ??/09/2019 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 18/04/2019 / ??/04/2019 | Seville, Spain |
| 07/04/2019 / 11/04/2019 | Málaga, Spain |
| 22/02/2019 / 25/02/2019 | Varna, Bulgaria |
| 18/02/2019 / 19/02/2019 | Istambul, Turkey |
| 02/02/2019 / 02/02/2019 | Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
| 07/12/2018 / ??/12/2018 | Palma de Majorca, Spain |
| 27/11/2018 / ??/11/2018 | Patras, Greece |
| 22/11/2018 / ??/11/2018 | Piraeus, Greece |
| 12/10/2018 / ??/10/2018 | Izmir, Turkey |
| 28/09/2018 / ??/09/2018 | Toulon, France |
| 13/09/2018 / ??/09/2018 | Toulon, France |
| 17/08/2018 / ??/08/2018 | Vlorë, Albania |
| 10/08/2018 / ??/08/2018 | Split, Croatia |
| 20/06/2018 / ??/06/2018 | Valletta, Malta |
| 01/06/2018 / ??/06/2018 | Catania, Italy |
| 28/05/2018 / ??/05/2018 | Constanta, Romania |
| 09/05/2018 / ??/05/2018 | Palma de Majorca, Spain |
| 30/04/2018 / ??/04/2018 | Mahón, Spain |
| 20/04/2018 / ??/04/2018 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 13/04/2018 / ??/04/2018 | Bari, Italy |
| 09/04/2018 / ??/04/2018 | Koper, Slovenia |
| 17/03/2018 / ??/03/2018 | Corfu, Greece |
| 08/03/2018 / 12/03/2018 | Patras, Greece |
| 02/03/2018 / 04/03/2018 | Vlorë, Albania |
| 23/02/2018 / ??/02/2018 | Kotor, Montenegro |
| 23/02/2018 / ??/02/2018 | Bar, Montenegro |
| 09/02/2018 / ??/02/2018 | Burgas, Bulgaria |
| 02/02/2018 / 05/02/2018 | Constanta, Romania |
| 25/01/2018 / ??/01/2018 | Sinop, Turkey |
| 24/01/2018 / 24/01/2018 | Istambul, Turkey |
| 22/01/2018 / ??/01/2018 | Izmir, Turkey |
| 25/11/2017 / ??/11/2017 | Exercise NUSRET 17 |
| 02/11/2017 / ??/11/2017 | Batumi, Georgia |
| 19/10/2017 / ??/10/2017 | Vlorë, Albania |
| 27/09/2017 / ??/10/2017 | Toulon, France |
| 26/09/2017 / 13/10/2017 | Exercise BRILLIANT MARINER 2017 |
| ??/09/2017 / 23/09/2017 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 15/09/2017 / ??/09/2017 | Genova, Italy |
| 01/09/2017 / ??/09/2017 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 25/08/2017 / ??/08/2017 | Brindisi, Italy |
| 18/08/2017 / ??/08/2017 | Split, Croatia |
| 11/08/2017 / ??/08/2017 | Koper, Slovenia |
| 30/06/2017 / ??/06/2017 | Portsmouth, United Kingdom |
| 23/06/2017 / ??/06/2017 | El Ferrol, Spain |
| 09/06/2017 / ??/06/2017 | Cartagena, Spain |
| 29/05/2017 / ??/05/2017 | Barcelona, Spain |
| 26/05/2017 / ??/05/2017 | Mahón, Spain |
| 21/05/2017 / ??/05/2017 | Arbatax, Italy |
| 15/05/2017 / ??/05/2017 | Exercise MARE APERTO |
| 07/04/2017 / ??/04/2017 | Exercise ARIADNE |
| 29/03/2017 / ??/03/2017 | Istambul, Turkey |
| 28/01/2017 / ??/01/2017 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 24/01/2017 / ??/01/2017 | Cagliari, Italy |
| 20/10/2016 / ??/10/2016 | Algiers, Algeria |
| 28/07/2016 / ??/07/2016 | Salamis, Greece |
| 22/07/2016 / 25/07/2016 | Constanta, Romania |
| 15/07/2016 / 18/07/2016 | Burgas, Bulgaria |
| 12/07/2016 / 14/07/2016 | Exercise BREEZE 16 |
| 01/07/2016 / 08/07/2016 | Tuzla, Turkey |
| 24/06/2016 / 26/06/2016 | Catania, Italy |
| 17/06/2016 / 19/06/2016 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 10/06/2016 / 12/06/2016 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 06/06/2016 / 16/06/2016 | Exercise ITALIAN MINEX 16 |
| 21/05/2016 / ??/05/2016 | Palma de Majorca, Spain |
| 18/03/2016 / ??/03/2016 | Kotor, Montenegro |
| 18/03/2016 / ??/03/2016 | Bar, Montenegro |
| 12/02/2016 / ??/02/2016 | Batumi, Georgia |
| 12/10/2015 / 14/10/2015 | Algiers, Algeria |
| 01/10/2015 / ??/10/2015 | Trapani, Italy |
| 18/09/2015 / ??/09/2015 | Taranto, Italy |
| 04/09/2015 / ??/09/2015 | Kotor, Montenegro |
| 04/09/2015 / ??/09/2015 | Bar, Montenegro |
| 29/08/2015 / ??/09/2015 | Split, Croatia |
| 25/08/2015 / ??/08/2015 | Cagliari, Italy |
| 05/07/2015 / ??/07/2015 | Erdek, Turkey |
| 02/06/2015 / ??/06/2015 | La Spezia, Italy |
| 01/05/2015 / ??/05/2015 | Brest, France |
| 25/04/2015 / ??/04/2015 | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| 10/04/2015 / ??/04/2015 | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| 20/03/2015 / ??/03/2015 | Cherbourg, France |
| 05/03/2015 / ??/03/2015 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 19/02/2015 / 03/02/2015 | La Coruña, Spain |
| 06/02/2015 / ??/02/2015 | Málaga, Spain |
| 31/01/2015 / ??/02/2015 | Valencia, Spain |