By Hans de Vreij for RNW
The Dutch frigate HNLMS Evertsen will be playing a dual role over the coming four months. On the one hand it will be escorting ships.
This might mean guarding vessels belonging to the United Nations' World Food Programme, which sail between Mombassa and the Somali capital Mogadishu, or accompanying merchant shipping convoys in the Gulf of Aden, or making a sudden appearance in the waters around the Seychelles.
Vast area
On the other hand, the ship is also the command platform from which Commodore Pieter Bindt and his staff will be managing the whole of Operation Atalanta.
The European naval force comprises eight to twelve ships and a number of reconnaissance aircraft. Its area of operations is vast, says commodore Bindt...
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