Tag Archives: Horn of Africa
The Netherlands’ De Zeven Provinciën class frigates
N.R. Jenzen-Jones HNLMS Evertsen on patrol off the Horn of Africa, as part of NATO’s Operation Ocean Shield. HNLMS Evertsen is one of four De Zeven Provinciën class air defence and command frigates in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine). Evertsen is the youngest of the four, having been completed in 2003 and commissioned in 2005. These ships superseded the two smaller Tromp class frigates, decommissioned in […]
US State Department views on PSCs operating off the Horn of Africa
This is an excerpt from the remarks given by the Assistant Secretary of the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Andrew J. Shapiro to the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. on the 27th of March. The full text is available here. The underlined emphasis is mine. Private Sector Another integral part of the response to […]
The Rogue Adventurer 