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Great Britain FONOPS - HMS Richmond in the East China Sea

Great Britain FONOPS - HMS Richmond in the East China Sea

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There, where usually grey ships with the "Star-Spangled Banner" in the top sail their FONOPS (Freedom of Navigation Operations) and regularly provoke biting accusations from Beijing - in the almost 70 nautical miles wide strait between the island of Taiwan and the Chinese mainland - a British frigate could be seen for the first time since 2008. HMS RICHMOND of the now thirty-year-old DUKE class (Type 23) passed through the area on Monday on her way out of the East China Sea for a planned visit to the Vietnamese navy, as she announced on Twitter. The 4,000-tonne frigate had been at the...

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Poseidon: Order placed

Poseidon: Order placed

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The US Navy has placed an order with Boeing for the production of five P-8A Poseidon aircraft for Germany. The first deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2024, when the Poseidon will replace the German P-3C Orion fleet. Michael Hostetter, Vice President, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Germany, was pleased to announce that he could expand the presence in Germany by providing the German Navy with this aircraft with multi-mission capabilities. German industry is a key partner for the P-8A Poseidon programme. Working with local partners, Boeing will provide support, training and maintenance solutions that ensure the highest operational availability to fulfil the missions of the German Navy.

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Change on the bridge of the frigate "Hessen"

Change on the bridge of the frigate "Hessen"

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On Wednesday, 29 September 2021 at 9 a.m., the commander of the 2nd Frigate Squadron, Captain Christian Scherrer (47), will hand over command of the frigate "Hessen" from Frigate Captain Hans-Ulrich Geißler (44) to his successor, Frigate Captain Volker Kübsch (42). Frigate Captain Geißler took command of the "Hessen" in October 2019 and has since experienced a lot with the F124 class ship and its crew. "I look back on the end of my time in command of the frigate 'Hessen' with a smile and a tear in my eye. After this long and difficult dockyard phase, I would have loved to have been able to...

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The 1st Corvette Squadron under new leadership

The 1st Corvette Squadron under new leadership

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On Monday, 27 September 2021 at 1 p.m., the duties of the 1st Corvette Squadron were handed over. After a varied two and a half years, Frigate Captain Florian Feld (46) handed over command to his successor, Frigate Captain Kenneth Harms (41). In March 2019, Frigate Captain Feld took over the command and initially focused on increasing operational readiness for national and alliance defence, in parallel with international crisis management tasks, in particular the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) mission. In addition, four of the five new corvettes have already been laid down so that the outgoing commander can devote himself to the deployment and training of the new crews....

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Change of command in Eckernförde too

Change of command in Eckernförde too

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Change of command at Eckernförde naval base - it doesn't stop.... On Tuesday, 28 September at 10 a.m., Frigate Captain Oliver Wellinger (39) will hand over command of the Eckernförde naval base to Frigate Captain Olaf Oertel (41). The ceremony will be conducted by the new commander of Operational Flotilla 1, Flotilla Admiral Henning Faltin (54). "There were two dominant themes during my time as commander of the Eckernförde base: The infrastructure, including the construction measures, and the corona pandemic," says frigate captain Wellinger. Around 400 million euros are being invested in the various construction measures at the second-largest naval base with over 4,000 posts. A large proportion of this money is being channelled into construction measures for the training and...

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