The vessels are in Glasgow following the completion of this year’s Joint Warrior exercise, which ran from the 1st to 12th of October.
“Joint Warrior is a UK-led biannual multinational joint and combined exercise that includes 45 ships, 30 aircraft, submarines, land forces, and more than 11,000 troops from the UK, NATO, and Allies. It runs from Oct. 1-12 off the coast of the British Isles.”
Below is a video, hosted on Twitter, that I recorded of the arrival of Norwegian frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen, Danish ocean patrol vessel Vaederren and Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp today.
The exercise involved 45 ships, 30 aircraft, as well as submarines, sailors, soldiers and aircrew from Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
NATO say here that the aim of Joint Warrior 22-2 is “to provide a complex environment in which the participants can train together, honing tactics and skills in preparation for deployment as a Combined Joint Task Force”.
Participating nations include Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. You can read more about the exercise here.
I also photographed the arrival of Norwegian frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen, Danish ocean patrol vessel Vaederren and Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp.
Previously, as part of preparations ahead of the now concluded Exercise Joint Warrior, Belgian minehunter Bellis and Polish frigate ORP General Tadeusz Kościuszko visited the City of Glasgow.
Polish frigate and Belgian minesweeper visit Glasgow
You can see images of the Polish frigate and Belgian minesweeper at the link above.