On Wednesday, 12 April 2023 at 11 a.m., the task force provider "Bonn" under the command of frigate captain Eike Deußen (49) will leave the Wilhelmshaven naval base to make its way to the Mediterranean. There, the ship and crew will join the next European Union Naval Forces Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED) Irini...
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230 days of absence: Corvette Erfurt back in home port The corvette Erfurt is back in home port after 230 days of absence. Today, Sunday 18 December, the German Navy's last homecoming arrived in its home port. The crew, led by Corvette Captain Dohnke, completed the approximately 4,000 nautical mile transit from...
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A moment of carelessness and a wave took me off my tired legs and I slid roughly across the wooden deck. Somewhat shocked and dripping, I heard the boatswain shouting at me in the wind through the water in my ears "All right? Then watch sailor - to the sheet!" There pulled...
On Friday, 8 July 2022, the "Belgorod" (project 09852) was handed over to the Russian Navy. The ceremonial signing of the acceptance protocol and the handover, during which the St Andrew's flag is hoisted in accordance with Russian procedure, took place at the Sevmash shipyard (Severodvinsk/Arkhangelsk). A press release from the shipyard states that the management of the...
In July 2017, the U.S. Navy's Department of Defence announced the tender for the FFG(X) frigate project with twenty units. The FFG(X) was to be the successor to the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS, Independence and Freedom classes), which did not quite meet the expectations of the Navy due to its complex, expensive and vulnerable modularity.
Their five-year trip to East Asia, or Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment, began nine months ago. The two OPVs HMS Tamar and HMS Spey (Modified River class) are certainly no fat ships, but with a length of 81 metres and a displacement of 1,800 tonnes, they have to "shimmy" their way through in stages. In September from Portsmouth...
Airships are a German invention, Count Zeppelin and Hugo Eckener are the great names that have left their mark. Lake Constance and Friedrichshafen will forever be associated with this pioneering era. However, every grandly conceived use of this "giant technology" ended tragically, whether as a weapon of war in the First World War or as a passenger solution in Lakehurst....
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