The British minesweeper HMS Middleton left its home port of Portsmouth on Monday. After a 6000 nautical mile voyage around Europe and crossing the Mediterranean, it is expected to arrive in the Persian Gulf in the coming weeks. For at least two years, the 750-tonne displacement Hunt-class vessel will then be...
The Second World War ended more than 76 years ago. But to this day, more than 30,000 mines and other explosives lie at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. In issue 4-2021, marineforum reported on contaminated sites in the sea and Kiel Munition Clearance Week, which takes place in September. A short...
The Israeli Navy took delivery of two new corvettes today. The two units were christened Atzmaut and Nitzachon at Thyssenkrup Marine Systems in Kiel and then handed over to the customer. This marks the successful completion of the project to build a batch of four corvettes. Dr Alexander...
Lockheed Martin has received an order from the Pentagon for the delivery of a further 70 Mk 41 vertical take-off systems. The VLS modules are mainly destined for the American Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and the future Constellation-class frigates. The package has a total value of more than 231 million dollars. 80 per cent of the...
The Shark Hunt 21 manoeuvre has been underway in the North Atlantic since 23 July. Together with partners from Canada and the United Kingdom, the US armed forces are practising searching for and combating submarines. Under the leadership of Captain John D. Craddock, Commodore CTF 69, the crews of four surface vessels are expanding their...
In June, the French Directorate General for Defence (DGA) ordered seven more new ten-tonne class bow tugs for the French Navy. According to the Ministry of Defence in Paris, the order is worth more than eight million euros. This order brings the total number of units ordered to 22,...
The Russian Ministry of Defence reports that the Krasnoyarsk submarine will be launched on 30 July. The ceremony in Severodvinsk will be led by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov. The Krasnoyarsk is a Yasen M-class boat (Project 885M) and is categorised by the Russians as an underwater missile cruiser. As the third boat...
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding is also celebrating: the first of two new vessels for the Philippine Coast Guard was launched today (26 July) with colourful balloons and ribbons at the shipyard in Shimonoseki, southern Japan. The Multi-Role Response Vessels (MRRV) are to be used for SAR missions even in heavy weather and for patrols in the offshore...
The fourth corvette for Saudi Arabia was launched at Navantia in San Fernando in southern Spain last Saturday (24 July). In the presence of the Inspector of the Spanish Navy, Admiral Antonio Martorell Lacave, the Commander of the Saudi Navy, Vice-Admiral Fahad Bin Abdullah Al-Ghofaily, placed a bottle of water from Mecca on the bow of the...
Bundeswehr running team for those affected in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia In view of the great destruction caused by the floods and the needs of the people in the affected regions, the Bundeswehr and reservists running team, with technical support from Fairever Events and Artiva, organised a charity run at short notice from 30.07. to 01.08.2021. The proceeds from...
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