Dutch destroyer during NATO exercise in North Sea
The Dutch destroyer Zeeland D-809 during the NATO exercise Matchmaker III in the North Sea in march 1967. A joint maritime task force was tested under the name Matchmaker by the NATO from 1965 to 1967. Troops from the Netherlands, the USA, Great Britain and Germany did participate. The Standing Naval Force Atlantic (SNFL) emerged from Matchmaker, which was an precursor of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1)
Picture No
10648738
Media ID
45194353
Size
5423px x 4029px
(2.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / picture alliance / Egon Steiner
Date
01-Mar-67
