The South Korean navy receives a further three minesweeper units. The Korean Attack Submarine Programme with a 35-year term is also making rapid progress. The first batch has been built and the first unit has entered service. The second batch with an extended hull is currently under construction.
Weiterlesen
Uruguay receives three Protector guard boats from the USA and two rescue cruisers from Germany. Rosoboronexport comes forward with customised newbuilding offers ranging from coastal corvettes to Russian-built river patrol boats.
Weiterlesen
Argentina's navy orders a new polar ship to be built at Tandanor. The corvettes are also to be refitted there. A critical look at the OPV purchase in France.
Weiterlesen
Following the publication of the article "The art of shipbuilding" in issue 9-2021, the editorial team received enquiries from readers who wanted to know more about swath technology. Carsten Wibel from Abeking & Rasmussen explains the principles and advantages of swath in his article. A ship designed according to the swath principle should move very little, even in heavy seas, and the crew should only have to deal with low accelerations. The special feature is the reduced waterline area of the two hull halves, hence the term small waterplane area twin hull. Almost 100 boats and ships have been built worldwide using this principle to date - 26 of them at Abeking & Rasmussen...
Weiterlesen
The case of the VIRGINIA-class Block IV submarine USS NEW JERSEY, which is gender-neutral in its accommodation and hygiene areas (see news from 18 November 2021), is still going ahead, but some conservative politicians and commentators in the USA have gone too far: at the beginning of November, the US Navy named one of its new support units in San Diego after the mayor HARVEY MILK, who was murdered by a political rival in San Francisco in 1978. Milk had served as a naval diver for four years in the 1950s and also took part in the Korean War (1950-1953) until he was discharged from military service after it became known that he was homosexual. After that...
Weiterlesen
English 
German
Latest comments