Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 Archives

U.K. Tracking Russian Warships Sailing Near British Isles

7 September 2022

HMS Westminster monitoring cruiser Marshal Ustinov. U.K. Royal Navy

The U.K. Royal Navy shadowed thee Russian warships as they sailed past the British Isles, London announced in a Tuesday press release.

HMS Westminster (F237), HMS Lancaster (F229) and HMS Richmond (F239), all type 23 frigates, monitored Russian ships Slava-class cruiser RTS Marshal Ustinov (055), Udaloy-class destroyer RFS Vice Admiral Kulakov (626) and tanker Vyazma as they passed by the British Isles on their way home from the...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/06/u-k-tracking-russian-warships-sailing-near-british-isles

NATO Anti-Sub Exercise Dynamic Manta 2021 Will Include French Carrier Strike Group, U.S. Attack Boat

23 February 2021

FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) deploying on Jan. 21, 2020 from Touloun, France. French Navy Photo

NATO kicked off its annual Dynamic Manta anti-submarine warfare exercise today in the Mediterranean, with this year’s iteration including an American nuclear-powered attack sub and the French carrier strike group as it passes by the exercise’s operating area off Sicily.

The exercise, which runs through March 5, includes submarines, surface ships and aircraft from eight nations: Belgium, France, Germany,...

https://news.usni.org/2021/02/22/nato-anti-sub-exercise-dynamic-manta-2021-will-include-french-carrier-strike-group-u-s-attack-boat

NATO’s Mediterranean Maritime Group Mission More Than Tracking Russian Subs

3 March 2020

Italian frigate ITS Carabiniere (F 593), flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), prepares to push into the Mediterranean Sea during Exercise Dynamic Manta 2020. NATO Photo

ABOARD ITS CARABINIERE, IN THE IONIAN SEA – The Mediterranean Sea has a host of security challenges: Russian submarine activity in the Eastern Med, instability in Syria and Libya, as well as the flow of migrants and illicit traffic throughout the region.

The Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 is tasked with addressing...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/03/natos-mediterranean-maritime-group-mission-more-than-tracking-russian-subs

Dynamic Manta Exercise Trains NATO in Anti-Submarine Warfare As More Attack Boats Prowl the Mediterranean

2 March 2020

Italian submarine ITS Salvatore Todaro (S 526) and Canadian frigate HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337) sail in the Ionian Sea during an anti-submarine warfare demonstration for media on Feb. 24, 2020, during the kickoff of NATO’s Dynamic Manta exercise. USNI News photo.

ABOARD ITS CARABINIERE, IN THE IONIAN SEA – All across the Mediterranean Sea, more non-NATO countries are fielding submarines while NATO allies are increasing the size of their own undersea fleets. Those submarines are also becoming...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/02/dynamic-manta-exercise-trains-nato-in-anti-submarine-warfare-as-more-attack-boats-prowl-the-mediterranean