During the Operation Southern Breeze, for the control of the embargo issued by the United Nations against Iraq, in the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and at Red Sea, the frigate F910 WIELINGEN challenged and identified 1011 merchant vessels and in 13 boarded (boarding) which were suspect.

Boarding Procédure : The 'WIELINGEN' locates a suspect merchant vessel (or receives the instruction to hail one of them, located by other allied ships), the F910 bridge prevents by radio operator the captain of the suspect ship to reduce its speed, to steer such course, to prepare the ship’s log, to put the pilot scale and to gather the crew at a precise place of the ship. The sixteen members of the "boarding TEAM" embark, armed with UZI machine-guns and GP 9mm guns , on board of 2 Zodiacs which leave towards the suspect ship and accost it, the first "visitors" go up on board by climbing the scale of pilot laid out with side of the ship whereas three sailors remain in the two zodiadiacs in radio contact with the other members of the TEAM and with the F910 bridge. One of the two officers, assisted by two men, starts the checking of the documents: ship’s company list, registry documents, captain’s log,… Whereas the second officer, his assistant and four duets excavate the ship while remaining, permanently, in radio contact between them and the WIELINGEN's bridge, that can last several hours... and if the boarding TEAM does not find anything abnormal, the ship is declared "cleared vessel" and it is authorized to continue on its road. In the event of embargo infringement, the MIF (Multinational Interception Forces) is informed. Subsequently, an allied warship will be assigned to escort the merchant ship towards a designated port for a thorough inspection.