They will monitor traffic, oversee critical infrastructure and search for mines in the waters crucial to the safety of north-western Europe. present in Świnoujście there was a farewell of the ship ORP "Contradmiral Xavera Czernicki" and the staff created by Poles, which will take over officially in a fewer days the command of the Natovian SNMCMG1 team.
The Polish Navy has just opened another chapter in a rich service past under the NATO flag. present the port in Świnoujście has left ORP ‘Contradmiral Xavery Czernicki’Who took a course for Riga. In a fewer days there will be a solemn transfer of responsibilities between the current and future SNMCMG commander1. At the head of the Natovian ship team, kmdr Lt. Casper Sterne from the 8th Coast Defence Fleet. It will be supported by a staff composed primarily of Polish officers and enlisted officers, though not only. “My deputy became Norwegian, an operational officer of Germany, and we besides have specialists from Finland,” says Mr. Sterne. The staff will operate from the "Czernicki" deck, which will be given the function of the flagship unit. In addition to him, destroyers from respective NATO states will join the team.
SNMCMG1 will operate in northern Europe – from the Baltic to the Atlantic Ocean. The crews will focus on monitoring shipping routes and overseeing critical infrastructure. They will besides take part in a series of exercises and operations to search and remove mines from both planet wars. The squad will yet become an crucial component Natovian Operation Baltic Sentry. The Alliance launched it in early 2025. This was a consequence to a series of incidents involving harm to pipelines and cables moving across the Baltic. “We will devote more attention than before to building situational awareness in this region,” said Mr. Sterne. Sailors will, for example, check whether ships passing through the Baltic have an AIS, that is, an electronic strategy allowing recognition of a given unit, and whether the data transmitted by them correspond to the facts. Reports of this will flow to CTF-B – the recently formed Baltic Alliance Command, which is presently based in Rostock. The mission under Polish command will take six months.
SNMCMG1 is 1 of 4 Natian ship teams. They are all part of the Allied consequence Force (NRF), and this means that practically from the march they can be sent to the area of crisis or armed conflict. The 2 consist of antimine units, another 2 of the large battleships – frigates and destroyers. Half operate in the north, half operate in the confederate part of Europe. Poland has been present in them since the early 21st century. Strongest – in mine teams. In 2002–2015, she sent mines destroyers of 206FM, and late besides trawlers. In 2023, in SNMCMG1, the upgraded ORP “Hancza” and ORP “Teams”, and on 31 December 2025 the semi-annual mission under the NATO flag ended the ORP “Necko”.
Five times so far, the team's flagship has become the mentioned “Czernicki” – 4 times in SNMCMG1, and erstwhile in SNMCMG2, a duplicate squad that operates regular in the Mediterranean and Black. – During specified missions “Czernicki” is not only a command ship but besides a logistics unit. We can supply another ships with fuel, water, tiny repairs. We have a decompression chamber on board that allows us to safe the dive. If necessary, we are even able to bake bread, according to Lieutenant Mariusz Kujawa, commander of the ORP “Contradmiral Xavery Czernicki”. Under his command "Iks", due to the fact that that's what the sailors themselves call him, he went to the band for the sixth time.
For the sixth time the command of the squad includes an officer from Poland. Previously, our sailors had led SNMCMG1 and SNMCMG2 4 times. And the experience gained from the Natovian missions allowed to push the Polish navy on completely fresh tracks. – Their fruits are even Kormoran II ships, nominally mine destroyers, in fact multi-tasking platforms for collecting data from the seabed – convinces cadmium. Peter Sikora, commander of the 8th Coast Defence Fleet. Poland has 3 specified units so far. 3 more will shortly enter the service. shortly too, the first Kormoran will embark on a mission in the NATO team.
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