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Trilateral naval exercise in the Gulf of Aden

Trilateral naval exercise in the Gulf of Aden

Gepostet von | 12 May 2021 | , , , | 0

On 10 May, EU, Japanese and Djiboutian naval and naval air warfare assets conducted a joint exercise in the Gulf of Aden. The exercise was based on the scenario of an anti-piracy operation. The Italian frigate "Carabiniere", currently the flagship of Operation Atalanta, the destroyer "Setogiri" of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), a Spanish P 3-M maritime reconnaissance vessel, patrol boats of the Djibouti coast guard and command structures of the African state's navy were involved. The exercise, which lasted around twenty hours, is of a rather demonstrative nature. It emphasises the commitment of those involved to maintaining the rules-based international order. "Together with other partners, the EU, Japan and...

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See you back home in September!

See you back home in September!

Gepostet von | 11 May 2021 | , , , | 0

The frigate Lübeck left her home port today, 11 May. After travelling around Europe, she will join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) in the Mediterranean. She will replace the tender Werra, which has been deployed there until now and will then start its journey home to Kiel. The ship and crew will face weeks of labour and hardship. The central task will be to monitor the sea area in the Aegean and to cooperate with the Greek and Turkish coastguards and the European coastguard and border protection agency Frontex. While before the pandemic, shore leave in various southern European harbours provided variety and...

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Mission: Save the Labo memorial!

Mission: Save the Labo memorial!

Gepostet von | 11 May 2021 | , | 22

This concerns us all! Appeal for support for the German Naval Association The Laboe Naval Memorial is getting on in years and a thorough renovation is essential, also for safety reasons. A total of €4.6 million must be raised in order to carry out the necessary work. The federal government will provide €2.25 million, the state of Schleswig-Holstein will contribute €460,000 and the German Naval Association itself will provide €800,000. This leaves a delta of currently approx. 1.2 million euros! As the owner and the resulting financial obligations, the German Naval Association has reached its financial limits. Due to the loss of income for surveys and...

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Australia gives away tenth patrol boat

Australia gives away tenth patrol boat

Gepostet von | 11 May 2021 | , , , , | 0

The Australian shipyard Austal has handed over what is now the tenth Guardian-class patrol boat to the country's Ministry of Defence. In a small ceremony, the boat was then immediately handed over to the Solomon Islands, an island nation in the South Pacific. The Guardian class has a length of 39.5 metres and is based on the designs of the Bay, Armidale and Cape classes. As part of the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Program, a total of 21 boats will be built in Australia and donated to friendly neighbours in the region. The overall programme agreed in 2016 has a contract value of 335 million Australian dollars. The programme will support twelve island nations, including Papua New Guinea, Fiji,...

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Another incident in the Strait of Hormuz

Another incident in the Strait of Hormuz

Gepostet von | 10 May 2021 | , , , | 2

Another incident occurred in the Strait of Hormuz this Monday evening (10 May). Thirteen Iranian Revolutionary Guards speedboats approached an American naval convoy passing through the Strait at high speed. The ships included the Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarine USS Georgia and the Ticonderoga cruiser Monterey. Despite signals from the ship's siren and repeated requests to turn away by radio and loudspeaker, the boats came within 140 metres of the ships. It was only after a US Coast Guard cutter, which was also part of the convoy, fired two salvos totalling 30 shots that the boats turned and moved away.

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