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Royal Australian Navy: Deconstruction "down under"

Royal Australian Navy: Deconstruction "down under"

Gepostet von | 21 Aug 2024 | , , | 0

After just 15 years in active service, the Royal Australian Navy decommissioned its largest ship, the 47,000-tonne displacement tanker "Sirius", at the end of 2021. The ship had been purchased on the civilian market as a replacement for an obsolete single-hull tanker and subsequently navalised with a "flange-mounted" helicopter landing deck and RAS harness on both sides. When the two new operational supply vessels "Stalwart" and "Supply" (Cantabria class, 174 metres, 20,000 tonnes) built by Navantia in Spain arrived in 2021, it was too costly for the not overly large navy to maintain several different and less flexible support units. Since resale was probably not profitable either, the...

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Mercy Ships and MSC build hospital ship for Africa

Mercy Ships and MSC build hospital ship for Africa

Gepostet von | 24 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

From a press release by Mercy Ships Deutschland e.V.: 22 April 2024, Geneva (CH) / Lindale TX (USA) - A landmark agreement between the MSC Group, the MSC Foundation and the aid organisation Mercy Ships International provides for the planning of the construction of a new hospital ship that will enable thousands of people in Africa to receive free operations and training from local specialists every year. The new hospital ship will be built according to Mercy Ships' needs and experience. Once operational, it will increase the reach and thus the number of life-changing surgical operations, anaesthesia care and education and training programmes offered by Mercy Ships for the next...

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Charles French: Belated honour for a hero

Charles French: Belated honour for a hero

Gepostet von | 8 Mar 2024 | , , | 0

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 troopship USS Gregory near the Solomon Island of Guadalcanal. A life raft with 16 survivors drifts towards a Japanese-occupied island without propulsion or rudder. Ensign Robert Adrian warns his men of the imminent capture. Sailor Charles J. French, the only raft occupant who is not wounded, spontaneously takes off his uniform and ties a rope around his waist. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user?...

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Real news

Real news

Gepostet von | 8 Feb 2024 | , , | 0

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. With around 90 per cent of the population in Germany owning a smartphone and using the internet, access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? Don't have access yet? Click here for the marineforum digital+ subscription: Access to all...

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Rescue is still possible

Rescue is still possible

Gepostet von | 5 Feb 2024 | , , | 0

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 members of the German government euphorically praised the agreement after it was signed. During the UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that it was a glimmer of hope for the oceans, the people and also for the United Nations. Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, who was also present, even spoke of a historic and overwhelming success for international marine protection. Afterwards...

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