Dutch frigate fires first Tomahawk missile
On 12 March 2025, the frigate "De Ruyter" of the Royal Netherlands Navy launched a Tomahawk cruise missile off the coast of Norfolk/Virginia.
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In mid-January, the USS John F. Kennedy cast off for her final voyage. After 39 years of service and almost two ...
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It is not the money itself that counts, it is its correct use that is important
So now it's raining money. The latest budget decisions in the German Bundestag have given the armed forces, in our case the navy, a ...
ZDF format "On Deck": documentary series about training at sea
Seafaring! A profession with adventure, hardship and privation. On Deck - Training at sea, photo: ZDF Not many young ...
Frigate "Baden-Württemberg" back to Wilhelmshaven
540 days away from home On 11 April 2025, the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" returns to Wilhelmshaven. The frigate was on ...
South Korea - First US cargo ship successfully repaired
In July 2024, the South Korean shipyard Hanwha Ocean signed a Master Ship Repair Agreement with the US Naval Supply Systems ...
Netherlands - Navy receives fast patrol boats
The Ministry of Defence is procuring thirteen new boats for the Royal Netherlands Navy to replace the current fast interceptor boats of the Special Forces (Fast Raiding ...
Russia: Combat icebreaker Ivan Papanin in Severomorsk
On 31 March 2025, the "Ivan Papanin", Russia's first "combat icebreaker", reached its home port of Severomorsk, after it had ...
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The world's largest shipping company, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), based in Geneva, has not only made a name for itself in the ...
Maritime solidarity: MTS Parow donates €25,000 to good causes!
From 25 November to 19 December, members of the Parow Naval Technical School, on the initiative of the interest group of non-commissioned officers, held their traditional ...
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