Part of Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
USS Farragut destroying a pirate skiff in the Gulf of Aden (March 2010)
Date
17 August 2009 – 24 November 2016
Location
Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel, Arabian Sea, Red Sea
Result
Coalition victory
Number of Somali pirate attacks reduced dramatically
Belligerents
NATO
Denmark
United Kingdom
United States
France
Netherlands
Spain
Greece
Romania
Germany
Belgium
Canada
Italy
Portugal
Turkey
Norway
Non-NATO:
Australia
China
Colombia[1]
India
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
New Zealand[2]
Oman
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Singapore
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Ukraine[3]
Yemen
Somali pirates
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Operation Ocean Shield
2010
23 March
30 March
1 April
2011
Dawn
Dawn 8
MV Beluga Nomination incident
SY Quest incident
Umeed-e-Nuh
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Somalia: Piracy and Counter-Terrorism, 2006-2017
2006
18 March
2007
Ras Kamboni
3 June
Bargal
28 October
Dai Hong Dan
2008
Dobley
Thalathine
Dhusamareb
11 November
Maersk Alabama
Ocean Shield
2009
Baraawe
2011
MV Sinar Kudus
2012
Buchanan and Thisted
Bulo Marer
2013
Barawe
2017
Barii
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Piracy off Somalia
2006
Action of 18 March
2007
Action of 3 June
MV Al Marjan
Action of 28 October
Dai Hong Dan
2008
Operation Atalanta
MY Le Ponant
MV Iran Deyanat
Carré d'As IV
Action of 11 November
FV Ekawat Nava 5
2009
Action of 3 March
April raid
MV Maersk Alabama
Action of 13 August
Operation Ocean Shield
Action of 7 September
2010
Action of 23 March
Action of 30 March
Action of 1 April
Action of 5 April
MV Moscow University
2011
Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden
Operation Dawn 8
MV Beluga Nomination
Operation Island Watch
Minicoy Island
MV Sinar Kudus
SY Quest
Operation Umeed-e-Nuh
2012
Patiño
Operation Ocean Shield was NATO's contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA), an anti-piracy initiative in the Indian Ocean, Guardafui Channel, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea. It follows the earlier Operation Allied Protector. Naval operations began on 17 August 2009 after being approved by the North Atlantic Council, the program was terminated on 15 December 2016 by NATO.[4] Operation Ocean Shield focused on protecting the ships of Operation Allied Provider, which transported relief supplies as part of the World Food Programme's mission in the region. The initiative also helped strengthen the navies and coast guards of regional states to assist in countering pirate attacks. Additionally, China, Japan and South Korea sent warships to participate in these activities.
The US Navy was the largest contributor of ships, followed by the Indian Navy.[5][6] The taskforce was composed of ships from the contributing navies, led by a designated leadship. The role of leadship was rotated among the various countries involved. In October 2015 this was the Turkish frigate TCG Gediz.[7]
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^Kozhara: Hetman Sahaidachny frigate to join NATO’s anti-piracy operation, Interfax-Ukraine (17 September 2013)
^"Counter-piracy operations (2008-2016)". NATO.
^"Operation Ocean Shield". Manw.nato.int. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
^"2009 Operation Ocean Shield News Articles". Manw.nato.int. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
^"Operation Ocean Shield". NATO. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
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