Category: Security policy

France's ears in the Baltic Sea

France's ears in the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 27 May 2025 | , , | 0

A few hundred metres past each other When the Russian corvette RFS "Stoikiy" (Steregushchiy class) "turned" into the Langelandbelt on Friday last week (we reported) after passing Fehmarn running north-west, the French reconnaissance vessel FS "Dupuy de Lome" (A 759), which was on the opposite course, had a convenient "found meal". The two ships met at the southern end of the island of Langeland at a distance of a few hundred metres. The modern reconnaissance platform, which entered service with the German Navy in 2006 and is 101 metres long and displaces 3,600 tonnes, only had to activate its sensors and hope to detect as many emissions of any kind as possible.

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Netherlands sends another survey vessel to the Baltic Sea

Netherlands sends another survey vessel to the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 23 May 2025 | , , , | 0

The hydrographic survey ship HNLMS "Snellius" (Snellius class, 81 metres in length) of the Royal Netherlands Navy has been assigned to the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1) for three months since mid-April and has replaced its sister ship HNLMS "Luymes" (A 803). The tasks of the NATO naval unit generally include defusing or safely detonating mines and other explosives at sea. This unit now also fulfils the tasks of the NATO "Baltic Sentry" mission, whose main task is to protect critical underwater infrastructure (KRITIS for short) in the Baltic Sea and contribute to the fight against hybrid warfare. The German Armed Forces are contributing in particular with the...

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Damen delivers a new ASD tug to the Lithuanian Navy

Damen delivers a new ASD tug to the Lithuanian Navy

Gepostet von | 21 May 2025 | , , | 0

It can happen that quickly: can you come to terms with such a "role model"? The photos of the new Damen ASD 3010 ICE class multi-purpose tug LNS "Lokys" (H 24) for the Lithuanian Navy were taken on the delivery voyage from Rotterdam to Klaipeda on 4 May 2025 in the Kiel Canal. On Monday 12 May, nine months after the contract was signed, the christening ceremony for the Lithuanian Navy's new multi-purpose tug took place at the Klaipėda cruise terminal. The tug has also been developed for use in non-ice-free waters. The "Lokys" has a length of 30 metres, a bollard pull of almost 60 tonnes and a maximum speed of...

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Russia's submarine presence in the Mediterranean at a turning point?

Russia's submarine presence in the Mediterranean at a turning point?

Gepostet von | 21 May 2025 | , , | 0

Return to the Baltic Sea On 7 May 2025, the Russian submarine "Krasnodar" (B-265), a boat of the improved Kilo class (project 636.3, Russian "Varshavyanka"), passed through the Danish straits together with the ocean-going tug "Evgeniy Churov" (SB-921) in the direction of the Baltic Sea. A few days later, the unit arrived at its home port of Kronstadt as planned. The escort unit of the Sliva class, which belonged to the Northern Fleet, left the Baltic again on 11 May and was last in the Bay of Biscay. The return of the "Krasnodar" marks the end of a Mediterranean deployment lasting just under three months - a deployment period that is considered the upper limit for diesel-electric submarines without access to stationary logistics in the operational area...

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