Category:Exercise Mariner

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English: NATO sea/air exercise from 16th September to 4th October 1953.

NATO the first five years 1949-1954: [Exercise 'Mariner'] took place at the end of the summer of 1953 and was the largest international naval exercise ever held. It was sponsored jointly by SACLANT (Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic), SACEUR (Supreme Allied Commander Europe) and the Channel Commanders. Nine countries, almost fifty different types of ships, and twenty types of aircraft took part. The exercise lasted nineteen days, and included convoy protection, naval control of shipping and striking fleet operations in northern waters (Atlantic Ocean). In order to make the training as realistic as possible, the enemy role was taken by surface raiders, submarines and land-based air elements drawn from NATO forces.

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