GORCH FOCK repairs affected by the coronavirus pandemic
Corona-related staff shortages and considerable disruptions in the supply chains will result in the GORCH FOCK being handed over to the German Navy in late summer this year. Lürssen Werft informed the client of this this week. The postponement has no effect on the agreed budget.
After more than four months, three Russian ships from the Baltic Fleet have returned to their home port of Baltiysk (Pillau). In addition to friends and relatives, the commander of the Baltic Fleet, Admiral Alexander Nosatov, awaited the soldiers there. "Valuable gifts" and honours are likely to have provided additional joy. In addition to the corvette Stojkij, the tanker Kola and the ocean-going tug Yakov Grebesky, the small group also includes the work platform PM-82. In recent months, the corvette and tanker have taken part in multinational manoeuvres in the Indian Ocean and visited ports in Iran, Oman and Sudan. In addition to AAW and ASW exercises, the crew of the Stojkij...
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The Royal Navy has delivered vaccine doses to the world's most remote community. HMS Forth delivered 900 doses of AstraZeneca to the inhabitants of the tiny island of Tristan da Cunha, in the middle of the South Atlantic. The Royal Air Force first transported the drugs from RAF Brize Norton to Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands. Within an hour, the valuable cargo was transferred and safely stored in the belly of the Forth. The ship, which is permanently stationed in the Falkland Islands, was then able to set off on the 2500 nautical mile journey to Tristan da Cunha. The journey was challenging because the total distance of 5,000 miles was close to the limit of the...
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The Düsseldorf-based company Rheinmetall is celebrating the delivery of its 300th Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS). The anniversary customer, the Finnish Navy, was also the system's launch customer. MASS is currently in service with a total of 14 user nations. Rheinmetall's MASS family of maritime ship protection systems protects ships and boats from a wide range of threats - on the high seas as well as in coastal waters or on rivers. The automated decoy system is used against sensor-guided missiles in all relevant wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. MASS can be installed on all types of ships and can be integrated into existing command and weapon deployment systems or operated as a stand-alone system. As standard, MASS consists of one to six...
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For the first time, France has taken command of one of NATO's four standing maritime task forces. During a partly virtual ceremony, the Deputy Commander of NATO Maritime Command, Vice Admiral Didier Piaton, handed over command of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG 2) to Commander Gregory Guiran. In future, he will lead the boats under his command from on board the French flagship Somme. "Recent actions and exercises under the leadership of outgoing commander Yusuf Karagulle have shown that NATO is fully operational in mine countermeasures, soldiering and cohesion in the face of an ever-increasing threat," said Guiran, praising his predecessor....
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