Category: Marines from all over the world

Sailboat and aircraft carrier - unequal meeting at sea

Sailboat and aircraft carrier - unequal meeting at sea

Gepostet von | 28 Dec 2021 | , , | 0

The news would have been lost in the noise: A Polish single-handed sailor had overlooked the French flagship! Or vice versa - which still needs to be clarified! The sequence of events According to the Préfecture Maritime de Méditerranée (Premarmed), the aircraft carrier CHARLES DE GAULLE was on a training voyage around 40 miles south-east of Toulon in mid-November when a 10-metre sailing yacht was spotted off the bow early in the morning at dusk in wind force 6. But by then it was already too late to take full evasive action. In the unavoidable collision (it couldn't have been more, judging by the pictures), the boat lost...

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Ukraine: Even more new recruits for the navy

Ukraine: Even more new recruits for the navy

Gepostet von | 28 Dec 2021 | , , | 0

On the day that British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace visited Ukraine in mid-November and signed an agreement to "develop the capabilities of Ukraine's naval forces", the Ukrainian Navy announced the arrival of two new coast guard boats. The two refurbished ex-ISLAND-class patrol boats of the US Coast Guard, which have been repainted from white to grey, were shipped as deck cargo from Baltimore/USA to Odessa in Ukraine. There are now four boats of the same type from a US delivery from 2019 already stationed there. The welcome message from the naval commander, Rear Admiral Alexey Neizhpapa, is very impressive: "The boats will soon be flying the flag of the Ukrainian Navy and...

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Coastguard and water protection in Chinese

Coastguard and water protection in Chinese

Gepostet von | 23. dec 2021 | , , | 0

China's second navy becomes seaworthy At the beginning of 2013, China decided to merge four of the five different maritime law enforcement agencies into the China Coast Guard (CCG, long title: Chinese People's Armed Police Force Coast Guard Corps (PAPCGC)). With almost 1,400 units, China has an almost unmanageable fleet of white-painted ships and boats - the world's largest coast guard in terms of vehicles and personnel - for customs tasks, fisheries protection and piracy defence, but above all for enforcing sovereignty claims. And since January 2021, a new coastguard law has been in force that allows the CCG to use lethal force against foreign vessels that fail to comply with requests to enter Chinese waters.

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New recruits for Ukrainian coast guard

New recruits for Ukrainian coast guard

Gepostet von | 18 Dec 2021 | , , , | 0

In the presence of the Ukrainian ambassador, Vadym Omelchenko, BG 201 was launched in Sables d'Olonne on 9 December. This is the first of twenty patrol boats for the Ukrainian coastguard. The FPB 98 MKI aluminium vessels can reach 35 knots, have a range of 12 knots and can be in operation for up to two weeks. With a crew of 13, an additional six officers can be embarked. An optoelectronic monitoring system and a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) are part of the standard equipment. The shipyard delivers the boats unarmed. However, they are prepared for arming at a later date. This could...

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