Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

NATO warships deploy to the Baltic Sea

Ships from Standing Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) are sailing into the Baltic Sea and will participate in exercises with bordering Allied and partner nations.
See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-wa ... altic-sea/

Royal Navy helicopter becomes first British aircraft to land on world’s largest warship

A Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter has become the first British aircraft to land on the world’s largest warship, the US Navy’s USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier.
The helicopter is deployed with HMS Duncan in the Mediterranean as the Type 45 destroyer leads a NATO security task group in the region.

Duncan is at the head of a force of warships, known as Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2), which patrols the central and eastern Mediterranean protecting its waterways and providing a powerful security presence.

SNMG2 will operate closely with the USS Gerald R Ford’s task group in the coming weeks, and the Wildcat was dispatched to the aircraft carrier for a planning conference ahead of upcoming joint operations.

Continues at - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... ald-r-ford

HMS Duncan replenishing from USNS Medgar Evers in the Ionian Sea. (Seen from USS Ramage).

Now participating with SNMG2 and the USS Gerald R Ford Carrier Strike Group in exercise SageWolverine

Duncan gets the gang back together as NATO force regroups in the Mediterranean

The gang is back together…
After almost a month dispersed throughout the Mediterranean region on individual duties, NATO’s Royal Navy-led task group has re-formed.
All seven ships in Standing Maritime Group 2 – commanded from Portsmouth-based destroyer HMS Duncan – have joined forces for a collective show of resolve.
Duncan and her staff, led by Commodore Paul Stroude RN, took charge of the task group from the US Navy back in July.

See - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... eRC3KQZNJg

NATO warships arrive in Glasgow

Vessels belonging to Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 have arrived in the city of Glasgow in the UK.

Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) is one of NATO’s standing naval maritime immediate reaction forces. SNMG1 typically consists of four to six destroyers or frigates.

The vessels are in Glasgow ahead of the upcoming Joint Warrior exercise taking place off the coast of Scotland.

See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-wa ... n-glasgow/
And - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/video-s ... -exercise/