THE concerted international effort to clamp down on piracy off Somalia has been bolstered by the arrival of a Royal Navy-led NATO task force.

The Senior Service takes charge of Standing Maritime Group 2 as it begins Operation Allied Protector, just one strand of a multi-pronged assault on brigands in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.

Frigate HMS Cornwall is the RN’s representative in the NATO task group and has become the flagship of Cdre Steve Chick and his staff, who will direct the mu......continued >

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