Category: Security policy

German Naval Yards presents Seaguard 96

German Naval Yards presents Seaguard 96

Gepostet von | 12 Sep 2022 | , , , , | 0

As already announced here ten days ago, the Kiel shipyard used the SMM 2022, which has just ended in Hamburg, to present a new corvette design. Here are a few more details that might interest you. The new Seaguard 96 is an "innovative high-end corvette capable of carrying out the entire spectrum of naval operations", according to the press release from German Naval Yards Kiel. With a length of 96 metres and a width of 13.5 metres, the ship is expected to have a displacement of around 2,000 tonnes. The design of the propulsion system (two propulsion diesels, four diesel generators and controllable pitch propellers) enables a maximum speed of...

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Fregatte "Mecklenburg - Vorpommern" schließt sich NATO-Verband an

Fregatte "Mecklenburg - Vorpommern" schließt sich NATO-Verband an

Gepostet von | 8. Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

Am Mittwoch, den 7. September 2022 um 10 Uhr, ist die Fregatte "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" zur Teilnahme an einem ständigen NATO-Flottenverband aus Wilhelmshaven ausgelaufen. "Wir waren bereits im Frühjahr dieses Jahres für knapp zwei Monate Teil der Very High Readiness Task Force (VJTF) und kehren nun, nach einer kurzen Sommerpause, zunächst in den NATO-Verband zurück, bevor es ab Mitte Oktober nahtlos mit nationalen Übungsvorhaben weitergeht," sagt Fregattenkapitän Hendrik Wißler (42). Der Kommandant des Schiffes weiter: "Die Besatzung und ich freuen uns daher auf das Wiedersehen mit den NATO-Verbündeten und gehen zuversichtlich in diese erneut intensive Einsatz- und Ausbildungsfahrt im Zeichen der...

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BALEX Delta: Oil spill in the Kadet Channel

BALEX Delta: Oil spill in the Kadet Channel

Gepostet von | 6 Sep 2022 | , , | 0

Warnemünde base supports safety exercise At the end of August, international emergency services practised combating pollutants in the north-eastern Mecklenburg Bight. 15 ships and 400 emergency personnel from eight countries bordering the Baltic Sea took part in the training. This time, the planning and monitoring of the annual exercise was the responsibility of the Central Command for Maritime Emergencies in Cuxhaven, the joint organisation of the federal government and the five coastal states for coordinating a joint response to accidents in the North and Baltic Seas.) The Warnemünde base supported the safety exercise. The initial scenario was the collision of a container ship with a crude oil tanker in the busy Kadet Channel. Unsweetened popcorn, salted only by seawater, then simulated the spilled oil: from the sea-going vessel "Ranzow"...

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Frigate "Hessen" exercises with aircraft carrier group

Frigate "Hessen" exercises with aircraft carrier group

Gepostet von | 6 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

Wilhelmshaven - On Monday, 5 September 2022 at 2 p.m., the frigate "Hessen" and her crew will cast off. She will leave her home port of Wilhelmshaven to join the US Carrier Strike Group (CSG). Together with the American aircraft carrier "USS Gerald R. Ford", the German frigate operates primarily as part of the air defence unit and is an integral part of the aircraft carrier group. Operational training and operational cooperation will be the focus of the coming weeks, combined with international cooperation and practising various threat scenarios. The "Hessen" was already part of an aircraft carrier group with the "USS Harry S. Truman" in 2018 and supported the group...

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Frigate "Hessen" joins US carrier organisation

Frigate "Hessen" joins US carrier organisation

Gepostet von | 5 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

Today, on 5 September 2022, the frigate "Hessen" is leaving its home port to join the US Carrier Strike Group (CSG) under the command of Frigate Captain Volker Kübsch. Together with the American aircraft carrier "USS Gerald R. Ford", the German frigate will primarily operate within the air defence unit and is an integral part of the aircraft carrier group. Operational cooperation focuses on operational training and practising threat scenarios. Cooperation with the US Navy is already a long-standing tradition for Class 124, beginning in 2009 when the "Hessen" practised with the "USS Dwight D. Eisenhower" off the east coast of the USA. In 2010, the "Hessen" was part of the...

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