Spanish Navy minesweeper ESPS Tambre concluded its deployment to the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2 and returned to Cartagena, Spain on March 28.
The Segura-class minesweeper spent two months integrated into the maritime group which was comprised of ships from different NATO member states.
During Tambre’s deployment, SNMCMG 2 conducted the Bulgarian-organized mine counter measure exercise Poseidon and Greek exercise Ariadne 16 , which took place in the Gulf of Patras, Greece.
Most recently, the group visited Bar, Monte Negro , following Montenegro’s invitation to start accession talks to join the NATO Alliance.
ESPS Tambre is the third of six minesweepers built for the Spanish Navy by Navantia (formerly state-owned shipbuilder Bazan). The ship was delivered to the Navy in 2000. The 55-meter vessel is the second Spanish Navy ship to bear the name Tambre, the first one being a Bidasoa-class minesweeper which was decommissioned in 1973.
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