The American sailor Charles French saved the lives of fifteen comrades in 1942. It was not until 80 years later that his heroic deed received the recognition it deserved. In the early hours of 5 September 1942, Japanese warships sank the American troop transport USS Gregory near the Solomon Island of Guadalcanal. A life raft with 16 survivors drifts without propulsion and...
After all, 40 per cent of German television viewers still watch TV news and around 80 per cent read printed and digital newspapers. Print is not dead, as the bulging walls in newsagents show. But the relentless trend shows a 40 per cent decline since 1994. Since around 90 per cent of the population...
The United Nations wants to protect the marine habitat from pollution and overexploitation with the marine conservation agreement. At least 60 states must have ratified the treaty by 2025. Since the annual General Assembly of heads of state and government at the end of September, the marine conservation agreement has been open for signature at the United Nations in New York. Two German...
The tall ship AF CHAPMAN is moored in the Swedish capital. After an eventful past, it has been used to accommodate young people for more than 70 years. The AF CHAPMAN in Stockholm is one of the most impressive sights in Swedish maritime and naval history. Launched on 2 March 1888 at the Shipbuilding Company in Whitehaven, England, from...
The Australian Navy is not due to receive nuclear-powered submarines until the 2030s. However, the training of the first soldiers is already underway. As part of the Aukus (Australia, United Kingdom, United States) agreement agreed in 2021, Australia is to acquire nuclear-powered fighter submarines with the help of the USA and the UK. The first boat is to be delivered at the end of the 2030s...
The dock landing ship ANADOLU - a copy of the Spanish helicopter landing ship JUAN CARLOS I adapted to national requirements - has barely entered service when the Turkish Navy is already negotiating the construction of a second unit with the Spanish state-owned shipyard consortium Navantia. In line with technological progress, it is also to be built according to the plans and...
A correction first: In issue 10-23, it was said about submarines made in Sweden that they are also used in Australia and Japan. This is only true to the extent that Australia used the Swedish Kockums design to build its six COLLINS-class boats in its own shipyards - Japan used the Swedish design for...
The navy of the small island nation off the coast of the hungry dragon is investing in WAM-V (wave adaptive modular vessels) technology from the American company Ocean Power Technologies in order to better monitor its subsurface waters. Explosive ordnance concealed on the seabed poses a threat to the island that is difficult to detect,...
Just a few days after Russia's president signed a law at the beginning of November withdrawing from the international treaty to stop nuclear tests, the Russian navy demonstrated its nuclear deterrent potential: a nuclear-capable Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the newly commissioned nuclear submarine Imperator Alexander III in the White...
The Scandinavian coastal state is well on the way to shifting previously boat-based mine defence into the realm of unmanned forces. They are calling it the next generation of mine hunting and are spending half a billion euros on it: the Royal Norwegian Navy and the Kongsberg Group are currently developing cutting-edge space, quantum and hypersonic technologies...
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