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Powerful tugs for France

Powerful tugs for France

Gepostet von | 4 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

It is a colourful ship that has been at the disposal of the French Navy for a few weeks now. The rescue and emergency tug Abeille Normandie arrived at German Naval Yards Kiel (GNYK) on 13 September 2021 together with its sister ship Abeille Méditerranée for modernisation work. Over the past few months, both ships have been converted into particularly efficient emergency towing vessels with rescue capacity in the largest dry dock in the Baltic Sea region with a length of 426 metres. After carrying out the final tests and inspections, GNYK handed over the Abeille Normandie to the customer, the French shipping company Les Abeilles from Le Havre, on 5 May. The 91 metre long and 22...

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The naval arsenal mobilises

The naval arsenal mobilises

Gepostet von | 27 Jul 2022 | , , , | 0

On board the floating units, the servicemen and women are to carry out more repairs themselves again. They receive support from the naval arsenal. In this day and age, you might ask yourself what the headline is supposed to mean. Is the naval arsenal calling in reservists for support? Has it recently started using its own boats in order to be more mobile? To answer these questions, a short preface is necessary. The Inspector General of the German Armed Forces, General Eberhard Zorn, has commissioned the Navy to take the lead in addressing the issue of immediate repairs in order to increase operational readiness. By January 2021, cooperation with the Naval Arsenal (MArs) in...

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Nordic defence

Nordic defence

Gepostet von | 26 Jul 2022 | , , , | 0

The Scandinavian navies can look back on a long history. Due to the confrontation with Russia, their importance in the North and Baltic Seas is growing again. The Scandinavian states of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland are traditionally closely linked. They are represented in the Nordic Council for cultural and political cooperation and in the Nordic Defence Cooperation Nordefco. The aim of the latter is to coordinate joint defence projects in the areas of procurement, logistics, training and defence planning. Norway, Denmark and Iceland, which do not have their own armed forces, are members of NATO, while the neutral states of Sweden and Finland have joined the EU and the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme.

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One last time HELGE INGSTAD

One last time HELGE INGSTAD

Gepostet von | 25 Jul 2022 | , , , | 0

Three years after the sinking of the Norwegian frigate, the final questions have now been answered. As is so often the case, a chain of avoidable mistakes led to the disaster. The Norwegian 5400-tonne frigate HELGE INGSTAD was one of the Scandinavian kingdom's five major naval warships. It was built between 2006 and 2009, mainly at Navantia in northern Spain. The design was based on the Spanish type F 100 frigate, also known as the ÁLVARO DE BAZÁN. Construction number four of the FRIDTJOF NANSEN class collided with the Maltese 113,000-tonne tanker SOLA TS in Hjeltefjord, the northern entrance to Bergen, on 8 November 2018. The collision, which lasted for days,...

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Small forces, big impact

Small forces, big impact

Gepostet von | 22 Jul 2022 | , , , , , | 0

The Swedish navy also reduced the number of its units after the end of the Cold War. However, Putin's annexation of Crimea in 2014 prompted those responsible to change their minds. On 18 May, the Swedish government officially submitted its application to join the NATO defence alliance. At the same time, NATO headquarters in Brussels received an application for membership from neighbouring Finland. In addition to the two Scandinavian countries, NATO itself will also benefit greatly from the accession - once all hurdles have been cleared and all 30 existing NATO member states have given their approval. Both countries bring modern and highly trained armed forces to the alliance, whose respective priorities...

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