Category: Armed Forces

Gorch Fock: Once Africa and back

Gorch Fock: Once Africa and back

Gepostet von | 13 Jun 2024 | , , | 0

"Gorch Fock" returns from the 177th training voyage abroad On Friday, 14 June 2024, the sail training ship will return at 10 a.m. in time for Kiel Week. A total of over 6,000 nautical miles were travelled, including 4,208 nautical miles under sail. The successful training voyage, during which a total of 225 officer cadets underwent maritime training, called at the ports of Gijon (Spain), Tangier (Morocco), Porto (Portugal) and Saint-Malo (France). Among them were cadets from France, Cameroon, Ghana, Colombia, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia. The ship is currently moored in Heikendorf Bay (photo). For the commander, Captain Andreas-Peter Graf von Kielmansegg, the...

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Berlin: Capability maintenance of the Brandenburg class approved

Berlin: Capability maintenance of the Brandenburg class approved

Gepostet von | 4 Jun 2024 | , , , | 2

At its meeting on 15 May 2024, the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag released a total of 1.9 billion euros for four projects that affect the entire operational spectrum of the Bundeswehr. One project will maintain the operational availability of the Brandenburg class. Since their commissioning between 1994 and 1996, the four Class 123 frigates have primarily been used to hunt submarines. To this end, they can use both their bow sonar and two "Sea Lynx" on-board helicopters, which extend the submarine hunting range of the ships with their diving sonar and torpedoes. From 2026 to 2029, the approximately 30-year-old frigates can now be comprehensively modernised. According to...

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Keel laying F 126

Keel laying F 126

Gepostet von | 3 Jun 2024 | , , , | 0

Minister Pistorius present at the keel-laying ceremony for the first Class 126 frigate "Niedersachsen" It is a "milestone in the largest procurement project in the history of the German Navy". The keel laying ceremony for the first Class 126 frigate took place today at the Peene shipyard in Wolgast in the presence of Federal Minister Boris Pistorius. The ship will one day be the new "Niedersachsen". That is why Minister President Weil was among the guests of honour. But according to old shipyard tradition, the name is not actually pronounced before the christening, because until then it is a "construction number". Six months after the start of construction at the Peene shipyard, the F126 project team...

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Naval operations school under new command

Naval operations school under new command

Gepostet von | 23 May 2024 | , , | 0

From a press release by Rostock Naval Command On Wednesday, 8 May 2024, the Commander Support and Head of the Operational Support Department, Rear Admiral Christoph Müller-Meinhard, handed over command of the Naval Operations School (MOS) from Captain Jens Grimm (54) to Captain Andreas Martin Seidl (59). Captain Grimm took command of the school in 2021. "The past 2.5 years have been characterised by the turnaround and its impact on training. I am grateful that, together with the dedicated people at the Naval Operations School, I have been able to make a contribution to consistently aligning our training with the requirements of the national...

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