The coast guard vessel "Jambelí" (MP 56) was handed over to the Armada del Ecuador in South Korea at the beginning of April. The former Korea Coast Guard Salvage Ship "Tae Pyung Yang I" (105 metres, 4,400 tonnes) was handed over to Ecuador in 2024 by bilateral agreement and subsequently dismantled in South Korea as an OPV. So it can - immediately...
The coast guard vessel "Jambelí" (MP 56) was handed over to the Armada del Ecuador in South Korea at the beginning of April. The former Korea Coast Guard Salvage Ship "Tae Pyung Yang I" (105 metres, 4,400 tonnes) was handed over to Ecuador in 2024 by bilateral agreement and subsequently dismantled in South Korea as an OPV. So it can - immediately...
On 20 June 2025, before the start of Kieler Woche, the minehunting boat "Datteln" returns to its home port of Kiel. For a total of six months, the boat was part of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1) and was involved in the Baltic MCM Ex 2025, Open Spirit and BALTOPS manoeuvres. Under...
Israel's submarine weapon is being built in Kiel On 12 June 2025, the boat was moved from its shielded outfitting area at TKMS in Kiel to a berth right next to the new submarine construction hall to be refuelled with hydrogen. Recognisable by the red flag prominently displayed in the tower of the INS Drakon...
"Coming home, letting go and experiencing" - that is the German Navy's motto for Kiel Week The German Navy is welcoming a good 30 ships and boats from twelve nations to the 131st Kiel Week from 20 to 29 June 2025. More than 1,800 naval personnel from all over the world...
"Coming home, letting go and experiencing" - that is the German Navy's motto for Kiel Week The German Navy is welcoming a good 30 ships and boats from twelve nations to the 131st Kiel Week from 20 to 29 June 2025. More than 1,800 naval personnel from all over the world...
China and the "Internet Kill Switch" - repair aid or targeted threat? Back in March, news from China caused quite a stir: The South China Morning Post reported on a new, powerful device for cutting underwater cables. The compact "Deep Sea Cable Cutting Device" was developed by Chinese military research institutes - it...
Second Kiel Munitions Clearance Week has begun Minister for Marine Protection Tobias Goldschmidt: "Schleswig-Holstein has been driving forward the clearance of old munitions for a long time. Science, environmental organisations and industry are working closely and well together. It is no coincidence that Kiel Munition Clearance Week was born here." KIEL: This morning, Environment Minister Tobias Goldschmidt and initiator...
Copenhagen - at whose gates and in whose bays Russian ships of the dubious Shadow Fleet and the civil-military Syria/Mediterranean Express parade - reaches into the state coffers and releases funds for an equipment programme for the Royal Navy. Their equipment inevitably ages and increasingly proves to be no longer up to scratch.
China's new Type 054B Luohe frigate - more modern, heavier and capable of air defence China's new Type 054B Luohe frigate was ceremoniously commissioned in Quingdao at Yuchi Bay Naval Base at the end of January 2025. At around 5,000 tonnes, it is larger and more powerful than the previous 30 units of the standard frigate type...
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