MIL OSI Translation. Canadian French to English –
Source: Government of Canada – in French 1
September 25 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces
From August 29 to September 18, 2024, while conducting surveillance activities alongside NATO ships, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Shawinigan and Charlottetown monitored Russian submarines and surface vessels.
Beginning on 29 August, HMCS Shawinigan monitored a Russian submarine and surface vessel in the Baltic and North Seas before handing over responsibility to Her Majesty’s Ship (HMS) Iron Duke, Royal Navy, on 1 September. On 17 September, HMCS Charlottetown, flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2), relieved the Spanish Navy’s ESPS Cristobal Colon, also part of SNMG2, in surveillance duties and monitored the vessels as they continued their voyage in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
During this period, HMCS Charlottetown also conducted surveillance activities on another submarine as well as three surface ships of the Russian Federation Navy as they participated in Exercise OCEAN 2024, a large-scale Russian exercise.
HMCS Shawinigan is currently deployed in Europe alongside HMCS Glace Bay on Operation REASSURANCE with Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1). She is working alongside NATO allied ships to safely dispose of historical munitions in regional waters, in addition to participating in NATO enhanced vigilance activities.
HMCS Charlottetown is currently deployed on Operation REASSURANCE as the flagship of SNMG2, working alongside NATO allied ships to support maritime security in the Mediterranean region.
The right of innocent passage provides standards and expectations that vessels must meet when transiting another country’s waters. During these surveillance activities, Russian vessels were observed to meet these standards and expectations.
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