Reinforcements for the Eunavfor Atalanta operation
(B2) Two ships - one Dutch (the multirole frigate HNLMS Van Amstel) and a Spanish one (the frigate ESPS Reina Sofia arrived in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden to reinforce the European anti-piracy mission Eunavfor Atalanta. Both have on-board helicopters which thus increase the range of action of the ships. Eunavfor “ now has about ten ships ready to deal with an expected upsurge in piracy after the end of the monsoon season “Specifies the HQ of Atalanta.