The HQ of the European Union’s antipiracy mission in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali basin is at the British naval base in Northwood, just outside London. Rear Admiral Philip Jones shows EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana the centre and explains how the operation, named Atalanta, is run.
Admiral: “Hundreds” of warships needed to fight piracy
15 May 2009 By
Rear-Admiral Philip Jones, Operation Commander of EU NAVFOR Somalia held a press conference on counter-piracy operation.
The operation, called Operation Atalanta, is the European Union’s first naval task force, and it has been assembled to ensure the protection of vessels of the World Food Programme delivering food aid to displaced persons in Somalia as well as protection to other vulnerable shipping off Somalia and to provide deterrence to acts of piracy by presence and surveillance.
