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EGV "Bonn": Dockyard laytime in decisive phase

EGV "Bonn": Dockyard laytime in decisive phase

Gepostet von | 5 Feb 2025 | , , , | 0

Im Rahmen seiner am 1. Juli 2024 begonnenen Instandsetzungsphase wurde der Einsatzgruppenversorger „Bonn“ planmäßig ausgedockt. German Naval Yards gab am 31. Januar bekannt, dass das Schiff nach umfangreichen Hauptinstandsetzungsarbeiten an Motoren, Getrieben, Pumpen, Generatoren und anderen Komponenten der Antriebsanlage für abschließende Arbeiten an die Ausrüstungspier „Liegeplatz 6“ verholt wurde. Nun stehen Arbeiten an den wichtigsten Schiffssystemen wie Überholung der Trink- und Kühlwassersysteme, der Brennstoff- und der Klimatechnik im Mittelpunkt. Außerdem wird die „Bonn“ für den Einzug ihrer Besatzung vorbereitet: Kammern, Messen, Kombüsen und Sanitärbereiche werden fertiggestellt. Darüber hinaus finden die vor ihrer Inbetriebnahme unerlässlichen Erprobungen der Stromversorgung, Feuerlöschsysteme und...

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Four billion for a frigate?

Four billion for a frigate?

Gepostet von | 5 Feb 2025 | , , | 0

Australia's future "Global Combat Ship", the Hunter-class frigates, planned with nine units of the Type 26 under construction in the UK at BAE Systems, but built and equipped in Australia by local industry, were to be one of the most efficient combat ships in the world. The budget provided for 2.5 billion euros per ship - which can certainly be described as comfortable in terms of financial planning. Due to a change in strategy in view of the Pacific threat from China, the nine ships were reduced to six, but an additional eleven smaller, less expensive multi-purpose frigates were included in the plan. However, at the beginning of 2024, more than half of the planned amount had already been...

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Swearing-in ceremony in Bremerhaven

Swearing-in ceremony in Bremerhaven

Gepostet von | 4 Feb 2025 | , , , | 0

Swearing-in ceremony and solemn pledge at the Naval Operations School On Thursday, 6 February 2025, at 5 p.m., 175 soldiers will take their solemn pledge at the Naval Operations School. The commanding officer, Captain Andreas Seidl, will administer the oath to the recruits. They will publicly pledge their loyalty to the Federal Republic of Germany and undertake to bravely defend the law and freedom of the German people. The recruits include 74 regular soldiers and 101 volunteers doing military service. Numerous guests are also expected to attend, including Dr Eva Högl, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, as well as representatives from politics, business and the public sector.

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US aircraft carrier "JFK" - one name, two generations

US aircraft carrier "JFK" - one name, two generations

Gepostet von | 4 Feb 2025 | , , , | 0

The famous US aircraft carrier, the "John F. Kennedy" (CV-67), has embarked on its final journey to be scrapped. Plans to turn the veteran into a floating museum have failed for cost reasons, but the story will continue. From 16 January, three tugs towed the "Big John" from her anchorage off Philadelphia down the east coast of the USA to the Gulf of Mexico in Brownsville, Texas. The cutting torches have been waiting for the Hulk there since 28 January 2025. The carrier, like the original namesake of the class USS "Kitty Hawk", was sold to the recycling company International Shipbreaking Limited for the symbolic sum of one US cent...

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