In the period from 18. February to 1. march found and destroyed the vessels of the Permanent protiminové group NATO 1 (SNMCMG1) in the area of the North sea at the entrance to the English channel eight pieces of ammunition with a total content of about 2 tons of TNT under the operation Beneficial Cooperation. A series of these operations was started after the tragic accident in 2005, when an explosion of ammunition on the bottom of the sea hit the Dutch fishing vessel. Current operations attended the vessel BNS Bellis (M916), FGS Weilheim (M1059), and ORP Czajka (264) under the command of kmdr por. Piotr Sikory on the flagship ORP Kontradmirał Xawery Czernicki (511).
Source:
www.mw.mil.pl
www.mcm.mw.mil.pl.
Source:
www.mw.mil.pl
www.mcm.mw.mil.pl.