The Lürssen design of the Arafura class (Offshore Combat Vessel, Project Sea 1180) was selected by the Australian government at the end of January as a possible prototype for the Navy's newly planned mine defence and survey capabilities MMCMMS (Maritime Mine Coutermeasures & Military Survey, Project Sea 1905). In addition to the twelve 80-metre OCVs that have already been launched, from 2025...
The renowned British naval historian Eric Grove passed away on 15 April 2021. Alongside Colin Gray († 2020) and Geoffrey Till, who now works at the US Naval War College, Grove (*1948) was regarded as one of the most important British naval scientists of the 20th century. Grove's career took him from King's College London to the Royal...
The French Navy will soon have one more ship. In the presence of Defence Minister Florence Parly, the Alsace was handed over to the French procurement authority DGA at Naval Group in Toulon. This makes her the seventh Fremm frigate for the French Navy. The ship's keel was laid in February 2018 and she completed...
According to reports by pro-Iranian media and an Israeli television station on Tuesday, 13 April, a merchant ship was attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. The vessel in question is said to be the Hyperion Ray, a vehicle transporter built in 2015, 200 metres long and 36 metres wide, and operated by the shipping company Ray Car...
On 14 April, the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) was decommissioned by the Navy in a ceremony. The amphibious landing ship had been severely damaged in a fire last year. An explosion occurred on board during a harbour layover at the San Diego naval base, and the ensuing fire...
Change of command of the crew F125 "Charlie". On Thursday, 15 April 2021 at 10 a.m., the change of command of the F125 crew "Charlie" took place on the frigate "Nordrhein-Westfalen". The commander of the 4th frigate squadron, Kapitän zur See Dirk Jacobus (51), has taken command from...
The Argentine Navy has taken delivery of the second Offshore Patrol Vessel built by Naval Group. At the same time, the representative of the Argentine Navy, Captain Victor Ortiz, handed over command of the ARA Piedrabuena to Commander Gaston Vega. In 2018, the two partners signed the contract for the delivery of a total of...
While parts of the German economy will probably have to undergo an even stricter lockdown, imports and exports are booming. Container transport on the route from South East Asia to Europe is in particularly high demand. As a result, the ships deployed here are almost fully booked and freight rates for containers have in some cases...
Damen Shiprepair returned the frigate Evertsen to the Dutch Navy this week. Over the past six weeks, the ship, which was commissioned in 2005, has been repaired at the Amsterdam shipyard and prepared for its next assignment. As part of the British Carrier Strike Group centred around Queen Elizabeth, the...
Around 1,200 vehicles and containers as well as 54 helicopters from a brigade of the 101st Airborne Division are on their way to their home base in Kentucky. They are on board a ship that left the port of Rotterdam a few days ago. As mfo has already reported, the Dutch military supported the transport as part of...
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