Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2019

February 7, 2020

Navy

Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2019

NATO Strike Force vessels sail out of naval base Kiel-Tirpitzhafen to take part in the annual multinational maritime-focused exercise Baltops.

Juan Carlos I (L61) at sunrise

Royal Danish Navy HMDS Absalon (L16)

Naval Base Kiel-Tirpitzhafen

USS Gravely (DDG-107) Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy

Juan de Borbón (F102) and HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F311)

Spanish air defence frigate Almirante Juan de Borbón (F102)

Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtof Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F311)

Frigates and corvette

Polish Navy Lublin class or Projekt 767 minelayer-landing ship ORP Gniezno (822)

ORP Gniezno (822) ZU-23-2MR guns

USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) with frigate and corvette

US Navy Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43)

USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) Phalanx CIWS and Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Launcher

Spanish Navy Álvaro de Bazán-class of air defence frigate Cristóbal Colón (F145)

USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43)

Swedish Navy Visby class corvette HMS Nyköping (K34)

Polish Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigate ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski (272)

Battleships leaving Kiel Naval Base

Royal Danish navy Thetis-class ocean patrol vessel HMDS Thetis (F357)

Royal Danish Navy Absalon-class command and support ship HMDS Absalon (L16)

HMDS Absalon Rheinmetall Oerlikon Millennium Gun and 5 inch (127 mm)-54 Mark 45 mod 4 gun

aircraft carrier

Spanish Amphibious assault ship (LHD)-aircraft carrier Juan Carlos I (L61)

VA-2 Matador II - EAV-8B Harrier II Plus

VA-2 Matador II

Juan Carlos I (L61) leaving Kiel

Juan Carlos 1 (L61)

Turkish Navy Gabaya-class frigate TCG Gokova (F496)

French Navy Tripartite-class minehunter Pégase (M644)

Finnish Navy Hämeenmaa-class minelayer FNS Hämeenmaa

Lithuanian Navy Mineweeper LTS Skalvis (M53)

Royal Danish Navy Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361)

The Royal Danish Navy Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate warship HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361) leaving Kiel

Lithuanian Navy Flyvefisken class patrol ships Dzukas (P12)

Royal Danish Navy MSF-class drone minehunter HDMS MSF1

Royal Norwegian Navy Oksoy-class mine hunter Hinnoy (M343)

Mistral missiles on a Simbad mount

Amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20)

Royal Netherlands Navy Alkmaar class minehunter Zr Ms Zierikzee (M862)

Amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) with Seahawk

USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) and Zr Ms Zierikzee (M862)

Polish Navy Mine Warfare Ship ORP Wdzydze (646)

British Royal Navy Archer-class (or P2000) patrol and training vessel HMS Exploit (P167)

Royal Navy Auxiliary Support Ship HMS Argus (A135)

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