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Oriole?
Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship AOPS
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This article states it will be a Coast Guard "Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel", not an RCN ship.
Obviously it's not one of the two CCG AOPS since they haven't been delivered yet.
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Ok. So likely the Terry Fox.
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Wish it was
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beautiful photography
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Interesting they are using the containers to subdivide the drydock, but there is no other vessel there, perhaps a windbreak?
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I'm speculating that CCG ship Jean Goodwill will be going to Nuuk.
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Looking at Marine Traffic info, the Danes currently have 3 naval ships docked in Nuuk,
1) Ejnar Mikkelsen
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2) Knud Rasmussen
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3) Vaedderren
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1) Ejnar Mikkelsen
HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen - Wikipedia
2) Knud Rasmussen
Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel - Wikipedia
3) Vaedderren
HDMS Vædderen - Wikipedia
or an anchoring point in the dock for the painting tent that they had over her just a couple of days ago.
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You're probably right she just let St. John's with a destination of "North" and ETA in 8 days. Right around the time she needs to transit to Nuuk.
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EDIT:Looking at Marine Traffic info, the Danes currently have 3 naval ships docked in Nuuk,
1) Ejnar Mikkelsen
HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen - Wikipedia
2) Knud Rasmussen
Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel - Wikipedia
3) Vaedderren
HDMS Vædderen - Wikipedia
The Danes also look to have another warship off the north-west coast of Iceland
HDMS Thetis (F357) - Wikipedia
And another off the Faroe Islands.
HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361) - Wikipedia
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As they should.EDIT:
The Danes also look to have another warship off the north-west coast of Iceland
HDMS Thetis (F357) - Wikipedia
And another off the Faroe Islands.
HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361) - Wikipedia
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At what point does the argument come up that Iceland needs to acquire some more 'robust' naval ships?
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Perhaps Canada should take them over as a Protectorate? Other than bring strategic, Iceland doesn't have mineral resources or oil. They should have better defences though. Perhaps a place to base Canadian F-35's?
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Interesting idea about stationing F35's there. Keflavik was used by the US until the early 2000's.
What about stationing a few of our P8's out of there? Add them to the F35's.
Someone had talked about a Naval Station out of Nuuk, would Iceland instead make any sense? Could there be a case for some of the future ice capable CDC's stationed there and the subs having a refueling station out of Iceland?
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There's a good reason why Iceland doesn't have a Army or Navy, its not part of their national identify. Stationing fighters in Iceland which happens from time to time is quite different than building a naval station there.
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Iceland's defence posture is... interesting:
Defence of Iceland
Iceland has never participated in a full-scale war or invasion. Furthermore, the constitution of Iceland has no mechanism to declare war.
Defence of Iceland - Wikipedia
Iceland, the only NATO member without an army, seeks to strengthen its security
Faced with the uncertainty generated by Trump, Reykjavik is strengthening its commitment to the Alliance and its relationship with the EU
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They used their ice strengthened fisheries patrol vessel to ram a RN Destroyers back in their Fish War with the UK in the 1980's
