Fincantieri Marinette Marine has received an order from the US Department of Defence for the construction of another frigate. It will be the second ship of the future Constellation class, whose design is based on the French-Italian Fremm frigates. From the mid-twenties, they are to replace the US Navy's unpopular and weakly armed Littoral Combat Ships. To the...
Another ship has been added to the US Navy's fleet list. The latest Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Mobile (LCS 26), was commissioned on 22 May. She is the fifth Navy ship to bear the name of the port city in the state of Alabama. Her new home will be the...
After Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth yesterday, the Queen herself came on board just a few hours before departure. She was received by the commander of UK Carrier Strike Group 21, Commodore Steve Moorhouse and the commanding officer of the Queen Elizabeth, Captain Angus Essenhigh. She spoke with female soldiers...
Sea rescue christening on Whitsun Saturday in Travemünde: The latest lifeboat of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) was named ERICH KOSCHUBS on 22 May 2021 on the Priwall. The volunteer sea rescuers at the traditional DGzRS station have a state-of-the-art 10.1-metre newbuild of the latest generation. With the words "I christen you with the...
The Chinese navy has decommissioned the frigate Dandong (543). The crew members held a ceremony to bid farewell to their unit, which had been part of the fleet for 36 years. Just last year, the Dandong set a new record in the Chinese navy when it was decommissioned as part of a patrol...
One day before the British Carrier Strike Group leaves the UK for East Asia, Boris Johnson paid another visit to Queen Elizabeth. Together with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, First Sea Lord Tony Radakin and Chief of Air Staff Mike Wigston, he was given a briefing on the (together with the Prince of Wales)...
21 May 2021 marks the 290th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Pacific Fleet. And what could be better on this anniversary than a gift that you can give yourself? So some thought was put into it and without further ado, the latest ship in Project 12700 sailed into its new home port for the first time...
Last weekend, the future USS Carl M. Levin was handed over to her future element at Bath Iron Works. It was quietly docked in the Kennebec River, a good 100 kilometres north of Boston. The 9300-tonne destroyer is now being fitted out ready to be commissioned as the 70th ship of the Arleigh Burke class of...
France has ordered two more H 160 helicopters from Airbus, as announced by the French procurement authority Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) on 20 May. They are to be delivered in a special, slightly militarised search-and-rescue version. Babcock will install an electro-optical system from the French company Safran for this purpose. With the...
His Majesty Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands and Prince of Orange-Nassau, once again visited the navy in Den Helder. He took part in a meeting of the Admiralty Council, which was held on the Rotterdam, an amphibious transport ship, to mark the occasion. The Council is the highest decision-making and advisory body of the navy and is...
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