State of the European Anti-Piracy Fleet

(BRUSSELS2) According to information collected by B2, the European anti-piracy force (EUNavfor Atalanta), deployed in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, currently has around ten buildings: three French (the command and refueling Marne, Guepratte and Nivose F-732), two Spaniards (the frigate Reina Sofia F-84 and the corvette Infanta Elena), a German (a supply ship FGS Berlin), an Italian (ITS Scirocco F-573), a Dutch (HNLMS Van Amstel, F-831), a Portuguese (the Royal Court NRP F-332). It is temporarily reinforced by the French buildings of the "Jeanne d'Arc" training mission - the BPC Diksmuide (L-9015) and the Georges Leygues (D-640). At the air level, it includes a significant number of planes, five in all: a German P3 Orion, a Spanish Casa CN 235, a French Atlantique 2 - based in Djibouti - and two Luxembourg Swearingen Merlin - based in the Seychelles.