Germany moves two ships to Djibouti, eyeing multinational Hormuz mission this summer

(Linus Höller – Defense News) The German Navy is moving two ships to the Red Sea in preparation for a possible mine-clearing mission in the Strait of Hormuz, the country’s defense minister confirmed on Thursday. Speaking to the press before a meeting of NATO defense chiefs in Brussels, German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius said that the mine-clearing ship Fulda and the supply ship Mosel had passed the Suez Canal. They are bound for Djibouti, which they are expected to reach in five to seven days and where they will be refueled and restocked. – Germany moves two ships to Djibouti, eyeing multinational Hormuz mission this summer