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Standing NATO Maritime Group 2

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Standing NATO Maritime Group 2

Background and composition

SNMG2 (Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 2). Units assigned to this force are mostly from countries with access to the Mediterranean, although it is quite usual to find units from north european countries. The group is usually formed with up to eight units, generally destroyers and frigates. Initially established in 1992, as Standing Naval Force Mediterranean and commonly known as STANAVFORMED. Recently changed it's original name, due to changes in NATO doctrine. Currently is one the groups forming the maritime component of NATO's Response Force (NRF). It's area of operations is usually the Mediterranean Sea.

CountryNumberNameDetails
ItalyItalyF591Virginio Fasan (Flagship)
GreeceGreeceF451LimnosView

Events

List of visits, exercises and events of the fleet. Due to obvious reasons it is almost impossible to have accurate data at all times, feedback is always welcome and i'll more than happy to correct inacurate or missing data.

DatesDescription
19/02/2026 / ??/02/2026Souda, Greece
04/02/2026 / ??/02/2026Aksaz, Turkey
08/12/2025 / ??/12/2025Hammerfest, Norway
13/11/2025 / ??/11/2025Taranto, Italy
09/11/2025 / ??/11/2025Canakkale, Turkey
06/11/2025 / ??/11/2025Málaga, Spain
01/11/2025 / ??/11/2025Taranto, Italy
24/10/2025 / ??/10/2025Istambul, Turkey
18/10/2025 / 20/10/2025Alexandria, Egypt
10/10/2025 / ??/10/2025Antalya, Turkey
23/09/2025 / ??/09/2025Piraeus, Greece
23/09/2025 / ??/09/2025Taranto, Italy
23/09/2025 / ??/09/2025Toulon, France
16/09/2025 / ??/09/2025Mersin, Turkey
09/09/2025 / ??/09/2025La Spezia, Italy
02/09/2025 / ??/09/2025Taranto, Italy
??/07/2025 / ??/07/2025Souda, Greece
04/07/2025 / ??/07/2025Aksaz, Turkey
19/06/2025 / 23/06/2025Istambul, Turkey
17/06/2025 / ??/06/2025Aksaz, Turkey
07/06/2025 / ??/06/2025Durres, Albania
28/05/2025 / ??/05/2025Toulon, France
17/05/2025 / ??/05/2025Barcelona, Spain
03/05/2025 / ??/05/2025Civitavecchia, Italy
04/04/2025 / ??/04/2025Alicante, Spain
14/03/2025 / ??/03/2025Valletta, Malta
06/02/2025 / ??/02/2025Thesaloniki, Greece
??/10/2024 / ??/10/2024Taranto, Italy
??/10/2024 / ??/10/2024Augusta, Italy
26/09/2024 / ??/09/2024Piraeus, Greece
??/09/2024 / 06/09/2024Souda, Greece
??/08/2024 / 30/08/2024Souda, Greece
??/08/2024 / 12/08/2024Izmir, Turkey
??/07/2024 / 29/07/2024Istambul, Turkey
??/07/2024 / 03/07/2024Toulon, France
24/06/2024 / ??/06/2024Toulon, France
20/06/2024 / ??/06/2024Souda, Greece
10/06/2024 / 14/06/2024Aksaz, Turkey
26/05/2024 / 30/05/2024Souda, Greece
??/05/2024 / 21/05/2024Thesaloniki, Greece
07/05/2024 / ??/05/2024Izmir, Turkey
11/04/2024 / ??/04/2024Istambul, Turkey
05/04/2024 / ??/04/2024Taranto, Italy
12/02/2024 / 13/02/2024Piraeus, Greece
09/02/2024 / ??/02/2024Aksaz, Turkey
??/10/2023 / ??/10/2023Istambul, Turkey
22/09/2023 / ??/09/2023Patras, Greece
11/09/2023 / ??/09/2023Rota, Spain
04/09/2023 / ??/09/2023Cartagena, Spain
23/07/2023 / 26/07/2023Mersin, Turkey
16/07/2023 / ??/07/2023Aksaz, Turkey
09/07/2023 / 10/07/2023Souda, Greece
30/06/2023 / 01/07/2023Taranto, Italy
16/06/2023 / ??/06/2023Alicante, Spain
16/06/2023 / ??/06/2023Palma de Majorca, Spain
03/06/2023 / ??/06/2023Alicante, Spain
19/05/2023 / ??/05/2023Toulon, France
10/05/2023 / ??/05/2023Toulon, France
05/05/2023 / ??/05/2023Tunis, Tunisia
27/04/2023 / ??/04/2023Souda, Greece
30/03/2023 / ??/03/2023Souda, Greece
30/03/2023 / ??/03/2023Aksaz, Turkey
22/03/2023 / ??/03/2023Souda, Greece
13/03/2023 / ??/03/2023Split, Croatia
06/02/2023 / ??/02/2023Augusta, Italy
04/02/2023 / ??/02/2023Aksaz, Turkey
26/01/2023 / ??/01/2023Souda, Greece
24/01/2023 / ??/01/2023Kotor, Montenegro
24/01/2023 / ??/01/2023Bar, Montenegro
13/12/2022 / ??/12/2022Rota, Spain
29/11/2022 / ??/11/2022Split, Croatia
20/10/2022 / ??/10/2022Civitavecchia, Italy
03/10/2022 / ??/10/2022Taranto, Italy
03/10/2022 / ??/10/2022Exercise MARE APERTO 22-2
11/09/2022 / 22/09/2022Exercise DYNAMIC MARINER 22
10/09/2022 / ??/09/2022Aksaz, Turkey
08/08/2022 / ??/08/2022Souda, Greece
29/07/2022 / ??/07/2022Marmaris, Turkey
26/06/2022 / ??/06/2022Barcelona, Spain
10/06/2022 / ??/06/2022Málaga, Spain
21/02/2022 / ??/02/2022Catania, Italy
11/02/2022 / ??/02/2022Aksaz, Turkey
21/01/2022 / ??/01/2022Aksaz, Turkey
28/12/2021 / ??/12/2021Souda, Greece
16/12/2021 / ??/12/2021La Spezia, Italy
01/11/2021 / ??/11/2021Aksaz, Turkey
05/10/2021 / ??/10/2021La Spezia, Italy
04/10/2021 / ??/10/2021Souda, Greece
30/09/2021 / ??/09/2021La Spezia, Italy
22/09/2021 / ??/09/2021Izmir, Turkey
05/09/2021 / ??/09/2021Souda, Greece
03/09/2021 / ??/09/2021Taranto, Italy
31/08/2021 / ??/08/2021Taranto, Italy
06/08/2021 / ??/08/2021Souda, Greece
23/07/2021 / ??/07/2021Aksaz, Turkey
??/07/2021 / ??/07/2021Odessa, Ukraine
11/07/2021 / ??/07/2021Varna, Bulgaria
23/06/2021 / ??/06/2021Cartagena, Spain
03/06/2021 / ??/06/2021Souda, Greece
01/06/2021 / 03/06/2021Alicante, Spain
17/05/2021 / ??/05/2021Lisbon, Portugal
13/05/2021 / ??/05/2021Mahón, Spain
04/05/2021 / ??/05/2021Mersin, Turkey
??/04/2021 / ??/04/2021Exercise PHIBEX 21-1
??/03/2021 / ??/03/2021Istambul, Turkey
??/03/2021 / ??/03/2021Samsun, Turkey
20/03/2021 / ??/03/2021Constanta, Romania
15/03/2021 / ??/03/2021Poti, Georgia
15/03/2021 / ??/03/2021Batumi, Georgia
05/03/2021 / ??/03/2021Catania, Italy
19/02/2021 / ??/02/2021Catania, Italy
12/02/2021 / 15/02/2021Haifa, Israel
22/01/2021 / ??/01/2021Mersin, Turkey
20/01/2021 / ??/01/2021Souda, Greece
16/10/2020 / ??/10/2020Cartagena, Spain
09/10/2020 / ??/10/2020Mahón, Spain
12/09/2020 / 14/09/2020Algiers, Algeria
25/07/2020 / ??/07/2020Odessa, Ukraine
17/07/2020 / ??/07/2020Burgas, Bulgaria
30/06/2020 / ??/06/2020Rota, Spain
19/04/2020 / ??/04/2020Souda, Greece
07/04/2020 / ??/04/2020Poti, Georgia
??/02/2020 / ??/02/2020Souda, Greece
27/01/2020 / ??/01/2020Mersin, Turkey
24/01/2020 / ??/01/2020Santorini, Greece
29/11/2019 / ??/11/2019Souda, Greece
09/11/2019 / ??/11/2019Aksaz, Turkey
01/11/2019 / ??/11/2019Piraeus, Greece
04/10/2019 / ??/10/2019Rota, Spain
27/09/2019 / ??/09/2019Toulon, France
13/07/2019 / ??/07/2019Varna, Bulgaria
04/07/2019 / ??/07/2019Odessa, Ukraine
31/05/2019 / ??/06/2019Palermo, Italy
25/05/2019 / ??/05/2019Cagliari, Italy
18/05/2019 / ??/05/2019Durres, Albania
14/05/2019 / ??/05/2019Split, Croatia
26/04/2019 / ??/04/2019Taranto, Italy
17/04/2019 / ??/04/2019Istambul, Turkey
12/04/2019 / ??/04/2019Constanta, Romania
10/01/2019 / ??/01/2019Palma de Majorca, Spain
02/12/2018 / ??/12/2018Alexandria, Egypt
27/11/2018 / ??/11/2018Aksaz, Turkey
22/11/2018 / ??/11/2018Algiers, Algeria
10/11/2018 / ??/11/2018Amsterdam, Netherlands
02/11/2018 / ??/11/2018Batumi, Georgia
20/10/2018 / ??/10/2018Trondheim, Norway
12/10/2018 / ??/10/2018Rota, Spain
16/08/2018 / ??/08/2018Tunis, Tunisia
16/07/2018 / ??/07/2018Burgas, Bulgaria
23/05/2018 / ??/05/2018Souda, Greece
15/05/2018 / ??/05/2018Poti, Georgia
30/03/2018 / ??/03/2018Trieste, Italy
28/03/2018 / ??/03/2018Izmir, Turkey
27/02/2018 / 01/03/2018Souda, Greece
16/02/2018 / ??/02/2018Istambul, Turkey
09/02/2018 / ??/02/2018Varna, Bulgaria
02/02/2018 / 05/02/2018Constanta, Romania
15/01/2018 / 18/01/2018Málaga, Spain
30/11/2017 / ??/12/2017Haifa, Israel
??/11/2017 / 10/11/2017Aksaz, Turkey
??/10/2017 / 29/10/2017Souda, Greece
26/09/2017 / 13/10/2017Exercise BRILLIANT MARINER 2017
??/09/2017 / 16/09/2017Kotor, Montenegro
??/09/2017 / 16/09/2017Bar, Montenegro
??/09/2017 / 10/09/2017Souda, Greece
03/09/2017 / ??/09/2017Souda, Greece
02/09/2017 / ??/09/2017Piraeus, Greece
04/08/2017 / ??/08/2017Aksaz, Turkey
29/07/2017 / 31/07/2017Constanta, Romania
24/07/2017 / ??/07/2017Odessa, Ukraine
17/07/2017 / ??/07/2017Varna, Bulgaria
10/07/2017 / 15/07/2017Istambul, Turkey
06/07/2017 / ??/07/2017Souda, Greece
18/05/2017 / ??/05/2017Palma de Majorca, Spain
15/05/2017 / ??/05/2017Exercise MARE APERTO
??/05/2017 / ??/05/2017Cagliari, Italy
29/04/2017 / ??/04/2017Toulon, France
25/04/2017 / ??/04/2017Marseille, France
16/02/2017 / ??/02/2017Samsun, Turkey
14/01/2017 / ??/01/2017Izmir, Turkey
09/12/2016 / ??/12/2016Souda, Greece
19/11/2016 / 28/11/2016Exercise MAVI BALINA
19/11/2016 / ??/11/2016Aksaz, Turkey
15/11/2016 / ??/11/2016Izmir, Turkey
26/10/2016 / ??/10/2016Cartagena, Spain
06/09/2016 / ??/09/2016Souda, Greece
05/08/2016 / ??/08/2016Souda, Greece
03/08/2016 / ??/08/2016Constanta, Romania
27/07/2016 / 30/07/2016Exercise SEA BREEZE
22/07/2016 / ??/07/2016Constanta, Romania
13/05/2016 / 16/05/2016Casablanca, Morocco
16/04/2016 / ??/04/2016Izmir, Turkey
13/04/2016 / ??/04/2016Constanta, Romania
05/02/2016 / ??/02/2016Souda, Greece
18/01/2016 / ??/01/2016Cagliari, Italy
20/12/2015 / ??/01/2016Wilhelmshaven, Germany
07/12/2015 / ??/12/2015Haifa, Israel
24/11/2015 / 30/11/2015Souda, Greece
03/10/2015 / ??/10/215Barcelona, Spain
??/10/2015 / ??/10/2015Barcelona, Spain
23/09/2015 / ??/09/2015Exercise Dynamic Manta
04/09/2015 / ??/09/2015Exercise Dynamic Guard
26/08/2015 / ??/08/2015Rota, Spain
21/08/2015 / 24/08/2015Tunis, Tunisia
05/08/2015 / ??/08/2015Aksaz, Turkey
19/06/2015 / 28/06/2015Kiel, Germany
29/05/2015 / ??/05/2015Tallin, Estonia
25/05/2015 / ??/05/2015Riga, Latvia
16/05/2015 / ??/05/2015Copenhaguen, Denmark
01/05/2015 / ??/05/2015Exercise Dynamic Mongoose
01/05/2015 / ??/05/2015Bergen, Norway
10/04/2015 / ??/04/2015Faslane, United Kingdom
03/04/2015 / ??/04/2015Lisbon, Portugal
31/03/2015 / ??/04/2015Casablanca, Morocco
21/03/2015 / ??/03/2015Istambul, Turkey
13/03/2015 / 15/03/2015Constanta, Romania
07/03/2015 / ??/03/2015Varna, Bulgaria
25/02/2015 / ??/02/2015Piraeus, Greece
13/02/2015 / ??/02/2015Trieste, Italy
06/02/2015 / ??/02/2015Split, Croatia
03/02/2015 / ??/02/2015Souda, Greece
18/01/2015 / ??/01/2015Catania, Italy
14/01/2015 / ??/01/2015Barcelona, Spain
06/01/2015 / ??/01/2015Lisbon, Portugal