SOMEWHERE beneath the surface of the Mediterranean divers from the Royal Navy and their Dutch counterparts ‘fly’ the NATO flag.
Dive teams from HMS Brocklesby and the HMNLS Haarlem plunged into the central Med to test their abilities to work together – and help each other out should the clearance divers get into difficulties.
Both ships are attached to NATO’s Standing Mine Countermeasures Group 1, an international mine warfare force which moves around European waters dealing with the detritus of wars past and ensuring Allied navies are always ready to deal with wars present and future.
