On 18 October 2024, the Russian training ship "Smolny" returned to Kronstadt from a training voyage lasting almost four months. The voyage, which began on 27 June, took the "Smolny" to Havana, Cuba (27 July), La Guaira/Caracas, Venezuela (7 August), Cape Town, South Africa (29 August), Walvis Bay, Namibia (7 September), Luanda, Angola (10 September), Douala,...
From 15 to 18 October, the two ships of the Indo-Pacific Deployment 2024 association moored in the Malaysian port city of Port Klang. A highlight of the stay in Malaysia was the reception on board the frigate "Baden-Württemberg". More than 250 guests, including the German Ambassador Dr Peter Blomeyer, the Malaysian Minister of Defence, Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin,...
Now it has been finalised. On 30 September, the CEO of the French Naval Group and the State Secretary of the Dutch Ministry of Defence signed a delivery agreement for four Barracuda submarines to the Royal Netherlands Navy in Den Helder. The procurement decision was made in March (marineforum online reported). Naval Group proposed with its...
Frigate "Hessen" as German maritime contribution The German Navy is participating in the NATO activity "Brilliant Vanguard" with the air defence frigate "Hessen" (F 221). It is a response to repeated violations by Russian-made Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the airspace of NATO countries in the Baltic Sea. The planning of "Brilliant Vanguard" was initiated by the...
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...In the late morning of 29 August 2024, a fire broke out on one of the diesel generators on board the frigate HNLMS "Evertsen" (144 metres, 6000 tonnes) for reasons as yet unknown. The fire was extinguished and there were no injuries. The cause of the fire is currently being investigated. A spokesman for the navy...
... Now it's Berlin's turn Oliver Burkhard, CEO of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, and Friedrich Lürßen, shareholder of the NVL Group, used SMM 2024, the leading trade fair for the maritime industry, to sign a cooperation agreement on 3 September. In a special purpose company, they intend to jointly realise the construction of a MEKO A-400 AMD...
Since May 2024, the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" have been underway as part of the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) until December 2024. Previous milestones for the naval organisation have included participation in "Fleetweek" in New York, the passage of the Panama Canal, the joint transit with friends and partners from Mexico, Peru,...
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