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7th May 2021

NATO Warships Off North Wales Coast Anchor Ahead of 'Largest Military Exercise in Europe'

The naval flotilla are understood to be taking part in a NATO exercise this month, among them berthed in the UK at the Port of Liverpool (above). They are the Royal Danish Navy's leadship 'Absalon' class frigate RDN Absalon and the Royal Canadian Navy's leadship 'Halifax' class HMCS Halifax. Both frigates AFLOAT adds departed Merseyside this morning and headed into the Irish Sea between north Wales and the Isle of Man.

Two large naval warships which were spotted off North Wales this week, have berthed at the Port of Liverpool (Afloat adds, this morning they departed into the Irish Sea).

The Royal Canadian Navy's Royal Danish Navy's HDMS Absalon and HMCS Halifax arrived at the city's Cruise Liner Terminal on Thursday (yesterday).

Earlier this week, they were spotted off the coast of North Wales.

Officials then remained tight-lipped about why they were in the area, but it is understood that they are taking part in a major two-week exercise off Scotland later this month.

Joint Warrior takes place in the spring and autumn each year, reports the Liverpool Echo.

More on this naval flotilla from NorthWalesLive here.

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William M Nixon has been writing about sailing in Ireland and internationally for many years, with his work appearing in leading sailing publications on both sides of the Atlantic. He has been a regular sailing columnist for four decades with national newspapers in Dublin, and has had several sailing books published in Ireland, the UK, and the US. An active sailor, he has owned a number of boats ranging from a Mirror dinghy to a Contessa 35 cruiser-racer, and has been directly involved in building and campaigning two offshore racers. His cruising experience ranges from Iceland to Spain as well as the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, and he has raced three times in both the Fastnet and Round Ireland Races, in addition to sailing on two round Ireland records. A member for ten years of the Council of the Irish Yachting Association (now the Irish Sailing Association), he has been writing for, and at times editing, Ireland's national sailing magazine since its earliest version more than forty years ago