The Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Fredericton arrived Tuesday in Lisbon, Portugal to join Standing NATO Maritime Forces as part of Operation REASSURANCE, according to the Department of National Defence. Op REASSURANCE is Canada’s contribution to NATO-led assurance measures under way because of Russian actions in the Crimea.
More details from the DND:
HMCS Fredericton is the first modernized high-readiness frigate to deploy overseas. It replaces HMCS Toronto, which had been conducting maritime security operations and joint NATO training exercises in the Mediterranean Sea as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) since August 2014.
HMCS Fredericton recently completed her modernization/frigate life …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
