The South Korean navy is continuously working to further develop its capabilities. Its most modern submarines largely incorporate technology developed domestically. On 30 March 2023, the keel of a conventionally powered submarine was laid at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Okpo, South Korea, which, with a length of 89 metres and...
The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) is to receive two cost-effective, lightly manned, multifunctional, multipurpose support vessels between 2026 and the end of 2027. The aim is to strengthen surveillance capacity and combat capability, particularly in the North Sea. The construction of the two units is to be accelerated and is based on a commercial fast-crew-supply design. The ships will be built "off-the-shelf" and...
The German navy is not the only one with its units in the Pacific region: the 15-year-old aircraft carrier Cavour (235 metres, 27,000 tonnes) of the Marina Militare returned to its home port of Taranto after a five-month stay in Southeast Asian waters. At the end of October, the accompanying battle group from the multi-purpose frigate ALPINO...
After the corvette-sized Dena (95 metres, 1,500 tonnes, in service in mid-2021, hull number 75), construction number four of the Iranian Navy's Jamaran class, completed its eight-month world tour in May 2023 accompanied by the forward base ship Makran (230 metres, 120,000 tonnes), two similar newbuildings have appeared,...
The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) project is now entering its second development phase - bringing the construction phase of the first two prototypes for the LRM (long-range multipurpose) and FCM (full combat multipurpose) variants in Europe closer. The shipbuilding consortium consisting of the Naviris cooperation company (Fincantieri/Italy, Naval Group/France) and Spanish Navantia has...
After the beginning of the Second World War, the Kriegsmarine took over the bathing ship Rugard. In the final days of the war, it rescued thousands of refugees and soldiers. Like many other German passenger ships, the Rugard, which was launched on 13 March 1927 at the Stettiner Oderwerke and used in the seaside resort service, was destroyed during the Second...
The marineforum often reports on deployments and exercises, but not much on maintenance phases. We wanted to know from the commander of the EGV Berlin, frigate captain Karsten Uwe Schlüter, what can happen during this time and how to manage it. How is the Berlin doing? What is the crew doing? The Berlin is in...
After a squadron of J-15Ts could be seen flying in formation over the Liaoning and Shandong carriers and two J-15Ds could also be seen on the flight deck of the Shandong (305/315 metres, 60-70,000 tonnes), China officially unveiled these aircraft types at the Zhuhai Airshow at the beginning of November. The Shenyang J-15 (Feisha...
Australia's future "Global Combat Ship", the Hunter-class frigates, planned with nine units of the Type 26 under construction in the UK at BAE Systems, but built and equipped in Australia by local industry, was to be one of the most efficient combat ships in the world. The budget envisaged 2.5 billion euros per ship...
Maritime data cables and pipelines have repeatedly been the target of attacks. Interdisciplinary cooperation could significantly improve the security of critical underwater infrastructure. Increasing geopolitical uncertainty and repeated incidents, such as the recently reported espionage of Russian research vessels in European waters, have highlighted the vulnerability of critical underwater infrastructure. The threat to pipelines, offshore wind farms and...
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