Fincantieri Marinette Marine has received an order from the US Department of Defence for the construction of another frigate. It will be the second ship of the future Constellation class, whose design is based on the French-Italian Fremm frigates. From the mid-twenties, they are to replace the US Navy's unpopular and weakly armed Littoral Combat Ships. To the...
Another ship has been added to the US Navy's fleet list. The latest Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Mobile (LCS 26), was commissioned on 22 May. She is the fifth Navy ship to bear the name of the port city in the state of Alabama. Her new home will be the...
Under grey skies, the frigate Evertsen cast off from the naval port of Den Helder this afternoon to head for the English Channel. There she will join the UK Carrier Strike Group as the Dutch contribution. Due to the corona rules, the pier was not full of people, but it was still...
After Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth yesterday, the Queen herself came on board just a few hours before departure. She was received by the commander of UK Carrier Strike Group 21, Commodore Steve Moorhouse and the commanding officer of the Queen Elizabeth, Captain Angus Essenhigh. She spoke with female soldiers...
Sea rescue christening on Whitsun Saturday in Travemünde: The latest lifeboat of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) was named ERICH KOSCHUBS on 22 May 2021 on the Priwall. The volunteer sea rescuers at the traditional DGzRS station have a state-of-the-art 10.1-metre newbuild of the latest generation. With the words "I christen you with the...
The Chinese navy has decommissioned the frigate Dandong (543). The crew members held a ceremony to bid farewell to their unit, which had been part of the fleet for 36 years. Just last year, the Dandong set a new record in the Chinese navy when it was decommissioned as part of a patrol...
Einen Tag bevor die britische Carrier Strike Group Großbritannien in Richtung Ostasien verlässt, hat Boris Johnson noch einmal die Queen Elizabeth besucht. Zusammen mit Verteidigungsminister Ben Wallace, First Sea Lord Tony Radakin und Chief of Air Staff Mike Wigston ließ er sich über das (zusammen mit der Prince of Wales)...
Der 21. Mai 2021 markiert den 290. Jahrestag der Gründung der russischen Pazifikflotte. Und was ist an diesem Jubeltag schöner als ein Geschenk, das man sich selbst machen kann? Also hat man sich einige Gedanken gemacht und kurzerhand das neueste Schiff des Projekts 12700 erstmals in seinen neuen Heimathafen einfahren...
Last weekend, the future USS Carl M. Levin was handed over to her future element at Bath Iron Works. It was quietly docked in the Kennebec River, a good 100 kilometres north of Boston. The 9300-tonne destroyer is now being fitted out ready to be commissioned as the 70th ship of the Arleigh Burke class of...
Frankreich bestellt bei Airbus zwei weitere Helikopter des Typs H 160, das teilte die französische Beschaffungsbehörde Direction générale de l’armement (DGA) am 20. Mai mit. Sie sollen in einer speziellen, leicht militarisierten Search-and-Rescue-Version geliefert werden. Babcock wird zu diesem Zweck ein elektrooptisches System der französischen Firma Safran installieren. Mit dem...
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