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Spain: New-build F-110 frigate ahead of schedule

Spain: New-build F-110 frigate ahead of schedule

Gepostet von | 17 Sep 2024 | , , | 2

Since April 2019, the state-owned Navantia shipyard has had a contract with the Spanish Navy for the construction of five F-110 multi-purpose frigates - first delivery in 2028, worth around 4.4 billion euros. Special new features of this type of ship are the block production in 33 hull sections introduced for the first time at Navantia and a land-based "digital twin", which each ship will receive in the sense of modern system management. Shipbuilding work on the type ship, the Almirante Bonifaz (F-111), began at Navantia in Ferrol in 2022 and is now allowing a critical look at the schedule. As expected, delays and delivery bottlenecks are usually explained verbosely and flowerily. Not so...

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Square concert in Bremerhaven

Square concert in Bremerhaven

Gepostet von | 17 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

Public concert in the Bremerhaven fishing port and commissioning of the Bremerhaven Home Guard Company To mark the conclusion of the Fishtown Guard 2024 Bundeswehr exercise, the Bremen State Command would like to thank all participating organisations, local residents and the people of Bremerhaven for their support. On 18.09.2024, 15:00, the Bremen State Command therefore invites you to a public concert in the Bremerhaven fishing harbour. The Wilhelmshaven Naval Music Corps will be playing under the direction of Frigate Captain Matthias Prock. As part of this event, Major General Andreas Henne, Deputy Commander of the Territorial Command of the Bundeswehr, will commission the Bremerhaven Home Defence Company.

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Rostock - the traditional ship "Typ-Frieden" is getting loud again

Rostock - the traditional ship "Typ-Frieden" is getting loud again

Gepostet von | 16 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

The former 10,000-tonne general cargo freighter "MS Dresden" has served as a technical museum since 1970 and is located on the banks of the Warnow River right next to Rostock's IGA Park. Although the ship's engine room is well preserved, the engines have not been running for 50 years. Over the past five years, volunteers and technicians have successfully invested around 13,640 working hours in the repair of two diesel generators. In future, visitors will not only be able to view the e-diesels on the demonstration days, which the museum will announce in advance, but also hear and smell them; something very special for "stokers" - the smell of diesel and the smell of the engines...

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Weilheim joins the NATO organisation

Weilheim joins the NATO organisation

Gepostet von | 16 Sep 2024 | , , , | 0

On Monday, 16 September 2024, the minehunting vessel "Weilheim", which is part of the 3rd Minehunting Squadron, will leave its home port of Kiel. Together with the tender "Werra", the "Weilheim" will provide the German contribution to the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1) for the North Sea and Baltic Sea area over the next six months. For Corvette Captain Maximilian Hirnstein, this is the first major voyage in his role as commander of the "Weilheim". Until now, unfortunately, little has been known about the activities of the permanent mine defence unit SNMMCMG 1. It is important to remember that this is one of the four permanent maritime task forces of the German Navy.

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Baltic Sea manoeuvres under German leadership

Baltic Sea manoeuvres under German leadership

Gepostet von | 16 Sep 2024 | , , , | 0

Northern Coasts 24 is the most important multinational exercise for Germany and its partners in the Baltic Sea region This year's Northern Coasts (NOCO) maritime manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea will take place from 16 to 22 September 2024. Protecting the northern flank is an elementary focus of the German Navy in national and alliance defence as well as demonstrating the capabilities of NATO naval forces in the Baltic Sea region. The aim of NOCO 2024 is to practise tactical procedures in coastal waters in a national and alliance defence scenario - this time on Germany's own doorstep. It is essential to optimise the interoperability between the participating naval, land and air forces and to improve...

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