On Wednesday 20 November 2019, the 4th edition of the Sea-Bit exercise took place under the aegis of the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR). The purpose of this exercise was to establish a common surface situation between the four Naval Operation Centres (NOC) from the central Mediterranean area to the Atlantic (Toulon (France), Cartagena (Spain), Rome (Italy), Lisbon (Portugal)). In addition to the 4 NOCs, 3 warships were engaged : the French deep-sea patrol vessel Commandant Birot, the Italian destroyer missile launcher Andrea Doria and the Portuguese patrol vessel Hidra.

On September 19th 2019 took place the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR) change of command ceremony aboard French assault amphibious ship “Tonnerre” docked in Toulon (France).

The EUROMARFOR TASK GROUP (EMF TG) composed by ESPS VICTORIA and NRP Corte-Real, as flagship, completed the activities at sea with RMNS Tarik Ben Ziyad scheduled during the Multi-Cooperative Exercise 2019 with the Royal Moroccan Navy.