Off to warm climes

On Wednesday, 15 February 2023 at 10 a.m., the tender "Rhein" will leave the left its home port of Kiel. Under the command of corvette captain Sebastian Lenz (33) the Kiel tender will move to the Mediterranean in order to complete the NATO operation in the Aegean Sea.

The tender, which is part of the support squadron in Kiel, will be used for the next few months. the command platform and the German contribution to NATO's standing naval organisation 2 (Standing NATO Maritime Group 2). Over the next six months, various Port calls for the 68 Crew members planned. About this beyond that the The crew was accompanied by a Turkish and a Greek liaison officer.

In mid-August, the ship and crew is expected back in its home port of Kiel.