Category: Shipbuilding

TKMS hands over frigate Sachsen-Anhalt

TKMS hands over frigate Sachsen-Anhalt

Posted by | 30 Mar 2021 | , , , | 0

The frigate Sachsen-Anhalt was handed over to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) at a small ceremony today due to the pandemic. She is the third ship of the F 125 class and was built and delivered by the F 125 consortium, consisting of Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Fr. On board in Wilhelmshaven, the BAAINBw was represented by the head of the acceptance commission, Matthias Rohde, and the responsible project manager Marc Steffen. Programme manager Patrick Buggenthin signed the handover documents on behalf of TKMS. The fourth and final ship in the class, the Rheinland-Pfalz, is also due to be handed over to the BAAINBw before the end of this year. Thyssenkrupp...

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Canada's new Joint Support Ship

Canada's new Joint Support Ship

Posted by | 28 Mar 2021 | , , , | 0

The Joint Support Ship (JSS) is one of three ship classes currently being procured by Canada's Navy under the National Shipbuilding Strategy. It is a modified version of the German Berlin class. The ships under construction will replace the Protecteur and Preserver, which have already been decommissioned. The German task force supply ships were constructed in the 1990s, with the first ship, the Berlin, joining the fleet in 2001. The Frankfurt am Main followed a year later. The trio was then completed in 2013 with the Bonn. The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) considers the service life of the three ships to be...

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Launch for ladies in South Africa

Launch for ladies in South Africa

Posted by | 25 Mar 2021 | , , , , | 0

On 25 March, the first of three Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPVs) was launched at Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT). The boats are to be used in the fight against drug trafficking and illegal fishing. The boat, which weighs more than 600 tonnes, was brought from the shipyard to the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) synchrolift at the Victoria & Alfred (V&A) Waterfront basin on the evening of 23 March. This job was carried out by the South African subsidiary of Mammoet from the Netherlands, a company known for extreme heavy haulage. The new building was transported on a 48-axle Self-Propelled Mobile Transporter (SPMT), which was able to perform manoeuvres...

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"Novosibirsk" will be handed over to the Russian fleet in 2021

"Novosibirsk" will be handed over to the Russian fleet in 2021

Posted by | 24 Mar 2021 | , , , | 0

According to Russian sources, the first production nuclear submarine of Project 885 M (Yasen-M), named Novosibirsk, is to be handed over to the Russian naval fleet at the end of 2021. By then, the Novosibirsk should have completed shipyard trials and undergone naval trials. During these trials, launches of the Oniks and Kalibr-PL missiles are planned. The shipyard is also reportedly planning to hand over the Project 885 M type submarine, the Kazan, this year. There are six more submarines of this project under construction. The seventh and eighth hulls of Project 885M, the Voronezh and Vladivostok nuclear submarines, were launched on 20 July 2020.

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Starting signal for U 212 CD

Starting signal for U 212 CD

Posted by | 23 Mar 2021 | , , , , , | 0

The signs of the past few months suggested a failure. Now the German-Norwegian submarine project U 212 CD is reaching the finishing line. The Norwegian Ministry of Defence announced on 23 March that the two procurement organisations had reached an agreement with Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems on the contract for the class to be developed on a binational basis. In addition, there is apparently agreement on the joint acquisition of missiles and the development of the Future Strike Missile. In recent years, the deal has developed into a stalemate. As a replacement for the six Ula-class boats, Norway decided on a joint design with Germany: U 212 CD, whereby CD...

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