Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 | |
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Active | 1992–present |
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Current commander | Rear Admiral Pasquale Esposito, Italian Navy |
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) is a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) standing maritime immediate reaction force. SNMG2 consists of four to six destroyers and frigates. Its role is to provide NATO with an immediate operational response capability.[1]
History
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Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED) was activated on 30 April 1992, at Naples, Italy. STANAVFORMED was the successor to the NATO Naval On-Call Force Mediterranean (NAVOCFORMED) – which had been periodically activated for more than 20 years.[2]
During the 1990s, STANAVFORMED was heavily involved in Operation Maritime Monitor (July 1992 to November 1992), Operation Maritime Guard (November 1992 to June 1993) and Operation Sharp Guard (June 1993 to October 1996), the maritime embargo operations in the Adriatic Sea established to ensure compliance by Serbia and Montenegro with United Nations (UN) resolutions 713, 715, 787, 820 and 943. Between November 1992 and June 1996 some 74,000 ships were challenged, almost 6,000 were inspected at sea and more than 1,400 were diverted and inspected in port.[3]
On 6 October 2001, STANAVFORMED deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in support of Operation Active Endeavour, NATO's maritime contribution to prevent the movement of terrorists or weapons of mass destruction.[4]
The force was re-designated Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in January 2005.[5]
From June 2009 to August 2009 SNMG2 was deployed by NATO off the Somali coast to conduct Operation Allied Protector, to deter, defend and protect World Food Programme (WFP) vessels against the threat of piracy and armed robbery, thereby allowing WFP to fulfill its mission of providing humanitarian aid.[6]
Since August 2009, SNMG2 has been providing ships for NATO's Operation Ocean Shield anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.[7]
In 2019, SNMG2 was tasked with patrol of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.[8] In 2021, SNMG2 took part in Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 in the Black Sea, co-hosted by the Ukrainian Navy and the United States Sixth Fleet.[9][10]
Current ships
[edit]As of 20 January 2024, SNMG2 consists of:[11][12][13]
Ships in bold are currently part of the naval force
Year | Commander | Ship | Type | Part of task force | Flagship |
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2024 | ![]() Rear Admiral Pasquale Esposito (January – ongoing) |
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Carlo Bergamini-class destroyer | January – ongoing | January – ongoing |
Previous task groups
[edit]As of 16 February 2023, SNMG2 consists of:[11][12][13]
Ships in bold are currently part of the naval force
Year | Commander | Ship | Type | Part of task force | Flagship |
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2023 | ![]() Rear Admiral Michael Scott Sciretta (January – July) ![]() Commodore Paul Stroude (July – n/a) |
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Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | January – July | January – July |
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Bergamini-class frigate | January – n/a | n/a | ||
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Barbaros-class frigate | January – n/a | n/a | ||
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Hydra-class frigate | January – n/a | n/a | ||
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Halifax-class frigate | January – n/a | n/a | ||
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Type 45 Destroyer | July – n/a | July – n/a |
In 2022, SNMG2 consisted of:[11]
Ships in bold are currently part of the naval force
Year | Commander | Ship | Type | Part of task force | Flagship |
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2022 |
![]() Rear Admiral Mauro Panebianco (January – July) ![]() Rear Admiral Michael Scott Sciretta (1 July – July 2023) |
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Bergamini-class frigate | January – July | January – July |
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Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | January – April | n/a | ||
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Bremen-class frigate | January – 1 June | n/a | ||
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Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate | 22 January – 30 June | n/a | ||
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Aquitaine-class frigate | 22 February – May | n/a | ||
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River-class offshore patrol vessel | February – March | n/a | ||
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Elli-class frigate | March – | n/a | ||
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Stromboli-class replenishment oiler | March – | n/a | ||
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Halifax-class frigate | March – July | n/a | ||
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Type 45 destroyer | March – April | n/a | ||
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Barbaros-class frigate | 24 March – 30 May | n/a | ||
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Aquitaine-class frigate | 4 April – May | n/a | ||
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Replenishment oiler | 10 May – 26 June | n/a | ||
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Horizon-class frigate | May – 16 June | n/a | ||
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Berlin-class replenishment ship | 29 May – June | n/a | ||
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Barbaros-class frigate | 30 May – July | n/a | ||
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Aquitaine-class frigate | 16 June – 31 July | n/a | ||
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Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | 1 July – 13 December | 1 July – 13 December | ||
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Barbaros-class frigate | 1 July – September | n/a | ||
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Logistic support ship | 14 July – 28 July | n/a | ||
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Kortenaer-class frigate | 20 July – August | n/a | ||
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Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate | 24 July – 6 September | n/a | ||
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Aquitaine-class frigate | 31 July – 6 September | n/a | ||
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Berlin-class replenishment ship | 16 August – September | n/a | ||
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Bergamini-class frigate | 21 August – September | n/a | ||
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Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate | 13 September – 30 November | n/a | ||
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G-class frigate | September – December | n/a | ||
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Aquitaine-class frigate | September – December | n/a | ||
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Bergamini-class frigate | September – December | n/a | ||
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Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | 13 December – July 2023 | 13 December – July 2023 |
In 2021, SNMG2 consisted of:[11]
Year | Commander | Ship | Type | Part of task force | Flagship |
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2021[14] | ![]() Rear Admiral Stefano Russo |
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Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate | January – March | January – March |
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Brandenburg-class frigate | January – February | n/a | ||
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Osprey HSY-56A-class gunboat | January – February | n/a | ||
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Osprey HSY-56A-class gunboat | January – February | n/a | ||
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Osprey HSY-56A-class gunboat | January – February | n/a | ||
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Osprey HSY-56A-class gunboat | January – February | n/a | ||
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Tuzla-class patrol boat | January – March May – August |
n/a | ||
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Replenishment oiler | January – February | n/a | ||
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Carlo Bergamini-class frigate | February – March | n/a | ||
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Osprey HSY-56A-class gunboat | February – May | n/a | ||
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Kortenaer-class frigate | February – March | n/a | ||
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Osprey HSY-56A-class gunboat | February – March | n/a | ||
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Fast attack craft | February – March | n/a | ||
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Asheville-class gunboat | February – May | n/a | ||
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Replenishment oiler | February – August | n/a | ||
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Osprey HSY-56A-class gunboat | March – May | n/a | ||
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Type 22 frigate | March – April | n/a | ||
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Frigate | March – April | n/a | ||
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Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate | April – August | April – August | ||
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Osprey HSY-56A-class gunboat | May – August | n/a | ||
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Osprey HSY-56A-class gunboat | May – August | n/a | ||
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Fast attack craft | May – August | n/a | ||
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Bremen-class frigate | May – September | n/a | ||
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Tuzla-class patrol boat | June – August | n/a | ||
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Type 23 frigate | June – August | n/a | ||
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Carlo Bergamini-class frigate | August – December | August – December | ||
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Replenishment oiler | August – October | n/a | ||
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Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | September – December | n/a | ||
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Rhön-class tanker | September – December | n/a | ||
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Carlo Bergamini-class frigate | December – July 2022 | December – July 2022 |
Organization
[edit]SNMG2 is a component of the NATO Response Force (NRF).[15]
See also
[edit]- Standing NATO Maritime Group 1
- Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1
- Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2
References
[edit]- ^ "Maritime Groups". NATO. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Standing Naval Force Mediterranean". Hansard. 20 May 1992. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Operation Sharp Guard". NATO. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Operation Active Endeavour". Global Security. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Bekkevold, Jo Inge; Till, Geoffrey (2016). International Order at Sea: How it is challenged. How it is maintained. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 136. ISBN 978-1137586629.
- ^ Counter-piracy Operations. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Retrieved: 27 December 2013.
- ^ Operation Ocean Shield Archived 2011-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "CANADA HANDS COMMAND OF STANDING NATO MARITIME GROUP TWO TO ITALY". NATO Maritime Command. 16 December 2019.
- ^ "NATO Allies and Partners Ready for Exercise SEA BREEZE 21" (Press release). NATO. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ Lundquist, Edward (13 July 2021). "Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 Comes to a Close in Black Sea". Seapower. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Standing NATO Maritime Group Two". NATO: Allied Maritime Command. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b SNMG2, Commander. "SNMG2 Twitter". SNMG2 Twitter. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b NATO, Maritime Command. "NATO Maritime Command Twitter". NATO Maritime Command Twitter. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Rear Admiral Stefano Russo" (PDF). NATO. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Maritime-Groups". mc.nato.int. Retrieved 1 July 2019.