Category: Shipbuilding

More than just a tender

More than just a tender

Posted by | 7 Sep 2023 | , , , | 1

The Class 404 tenders are due to be replaced in less than ten years. The navy wants the new ships to be able to take on additional tasks. The NVL shipyard has presented an initial draft on this basis. In the target image for the years after 2035, the naval command envisages six support units as successors to the Type 404 tenders. The modular platforms are intended to ensure "organic logistics, operational support including reconnaissance", according to the summary of tasks and capabilities in the Marine 2035+ target vision brochure. In presentations, the package is expanded by representatives of the naval command to include "amphibious, command and control, transport including casualty transport"....

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With or without crew

With or without crew

Posted by | 15 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

A German-Finnish co-operation lays the foundation for autonomous maritime operations of the future. Atlas Elektronik and Marine Alutech used the opening of a new Marine Alutech shipyard in Lappvik, Finland, to present an autonomous workboat. In a joint research and development project, Atlas' Jagos (Joint Autonomous Guidance and Operating System) autonomous core was integrated into the Aurora surface vessel. The Alutech Watercat 1000 Patrol vehicle now has the necessary capabilities for highly automated operation. Jagos is a further development of the control software of the SeaCat unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) and enables its highly automated control both underwater and on the surface.

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A flying visit to the Finnish boat builder

A flying visit to the Finnish boat builder

Posted by | 9 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

Marine Alutech puts its products in the right light with Finnish lightness. The shipyard's products are used by authorities in many countries around the world. When you are invited to Finland in May to be presented with maritime technology, as editor-in-chief of marineforum you are naturally immediately electrified: Who invites you to the tranquil town of Lappvik in the south-west of the new NATO partner? Marine Alutech, of course, known for its fast boats in the service of the authorities. You wouldn't expect the size of the Hamburg trade fair for maritime technology SMM or the density of experts at the military-oriented Undersea Defence Technology (UDT), but somehow it seemed as if...

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An odd couple in the same waters

An odd couple in the same waters

Posted by | 9 Jun 2023 | , , , , | 0

The first ships for military use were built back in ancient times. Today, naval shipbuilding accounts for around a third of German shipbuilding sales. In maritime history, the trireme, which was widely used in the Mediterranean in ancient times, is regarded as the first type of ship to be designed specifically for war. The three distinctive rows of oars and the bronze ramming spur on the bow bear witness to this. Around 170 oarsmen gave the approximately 35 metre long ship the necessary speed of up to ten knots for ramming attacks on enemy units. A two-row predecessor type served as the blueprint for the warship. What both had in common was that they...

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German fleet on the seabed

German fleet on the seabed

Posted by | 14 Mar 2023 | , , , | 0

The self-sinking of the German fleet in Scapa Flow was also intended to preserve honour. The significance of the event in German naval history is disputed. We have long since lost our honour abroad, and to those who still thought something of us [the navy], we have become contemptible as a result of the revolution and Spartacus, because the majority of the people do not support these things; but we can only regain this 'honour' through deeds, the restoration of order and the acquisition of fame." When Friedrich Ruge, lieutenant at sea, officer of the watch and interim commander on the torpedo boat B 110, said this on 19 June...

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