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| Plymouth, Inglaterra / England, U.K. |
| A �ltima visita a Plymouth foi no NRP �lvares Cabral durante a STANAVFORLANT 2001. |
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| Devonport Royal Dockyard, junto ao rio Tamar, em Plymouth. Vista do mar para terra. |
| NATO naval force visits Plymouth Published Friday 27th April 2001 NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic, known as STANAVFORLANT, moored in Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth, on 27 April at the conclusion of a fortnight-long exercise off the Portuguese coast. The squadron comprises seven NATO destroyers and frigates, and is currently commanded by Commodoro Fernando Gomes, a Portuguese officer, flying his pennant aboard the Portuguese frigate NRP Alvares Cabral. The other ships currently assigned are HMS Westminster (UK), Victoria (Spain), USS John L Hall (USA), HMCS Fredericton (Canada), FGS Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany), HNLMS Van der Hulst (Netherlands). STANAVFORLANT was established in 1968, with its ships and command rotating amongst NATO navies. It maintains a high readiness to provide NATO with a rapid naval reaction capability should it be required, as well as providing an excellent vehicle for maintaining and developing naval cooperation within the Alliance. www.news.mod.uk/news/press/news_headline_story. asp?newsItem_id=1101 |
| HMS Westminster, USS John L Hall and HMCS Fredericton, alongside in Devonport |
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| Devonport is the largest naval base in Western Europe. It covers over 650 acres, has 15 dry docks, four miles of waterfront, 25 tidal berths and five basins. The 1,750 civilian and service personnel are committed to the naval base mission "To Support the Fleet Worldwide." www.royal-navy.mod.uk/rn/index.php3?page=1947 |
| HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth. A base de Devonport. Vista de terra para o mar. |
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| A visita anterior a Plymouth foi durante o treino do NRP �lvares Cabral, denominado OST, em 2000. Este treino � organizado pelo FOST, um servi�o da Royal Navy brit�nica. |
| Flag Officer Sea Training Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) has a proud tradition founded on Operational Sea Training provided to the Royal Navy for over 40 years. The training has continued to develop to meet changing customer needs and is constantly reviewed and adapted to reflect the lessons learnt from recent conflicts. Backed by a sea going staff of over 200 specially selected officers and ratings, the organization has the well-deserved reputation of being the world leader in Operational Sea Training. Training has been provided to navies other than the British Royal Navy for more than 30 years with many NATO and non-NATO customers regularly returning for further training. In fact FOST trains ships from all over the world; last year FOST trained 105 ships from 17 different nations, which is typical of the annual average throughput. www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/2522.html (...) Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) who relocated from Portland to Plymouth in 1995. FOST trains ships from all over the world including regular customers Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Turkey. Training packages are not just taken up by European or NATO nations. FOST has trained ships from Brazil, France, India, Oman, Pakistan and Arabia; and has mobile teams, particularly in gunnery and nuclear, biological and chemical defence, which means ships do not have to return to Devonport. www.royal-navy.mod.uk/rn/index.php3?page=2057 The training carried out at FOST Devonport is based on single units from the RN, Royal Fleet Auxilliary (RFA), NATO and non-NATO navies. This training is conducted in single and multi-threat environments in both low level transition to war and full war scenarios. To achieve this, FOST has access to a considerable number of assets, from fast jets and helicopters to submarines and RFA tankers. www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/2528.html |
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