Category: Shipbuilding

225 years of Old Ironside

225 years of Old Ironside

Posted by | 28 Jul 2022 | , , , , , | 1

The world's oldest warship in service celebrates its birthday After almost a decade without an American navy, Congress very reluctantly authorised the construction of six armed frigates in March 1794 as the centrepiece of a new US navy. The ships, designed under the direction of Joshua Humphries, an experienced shipbuilder from Philadelphia, were each built in a different seaport. A method of involving shipyards that has apparently not been forgotten to this day. The three smallest were the Chesapeake (36 guns; built in Norfolk, Vancouver), the Congress (38 guns, built in Portsmouth, N.H.) and the Constellation (38 guns;...

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Qatar: New ships for the peninsula

Qatar: New ships for the peninsula

Posted by | 27 Jul 2022 | , , , | 0

The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri announced at the beginning of July that it had handed over the second OPV of the "Musherib" class to the Qatar Ministry of Defence at a ceremony in La Spezia. Like the type ship handed over in January, the "Sheraouh" is a short 63-metre, 30-knot vessel with a crew of 38 that can be flexibly deployed in a variety of roles, from guard boat to combat ship - which roughly means it sails as a fast guard boat and is equipped with real weapons on board if required and available. These would be Exocet anti-ship missiles and VL-MICA anti-aircraft missiles. Full shopping basket These two ocean-going patrol vessels are part of a...

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Nobiskrug builds superyacht

Nobiskrug builds superyacht

Posted by | 27 Jul 2022 | , , , | 0

As announced at the beginning of July, Nobiskrug has signed a contract with Cecil Wright for the construction of an 80-metre superyacht. Together with Winch Design, the renowned Rendsburg shipyard and the well-known broker will work on the design and construction of an 80-metre superyacht with five decks. She should be ready for delivery at the pier in three years. This means there are four orders in the order book of Nobiskrug GmbH, whose yacht building division was taken over by Flensburger Schiffbaugesellschaft following its insolvency in 2021. Philipp Maracke, Managing Director of Nobiskrug, is also Managing Director of FSG, which is owned by investor Lars Windhorst. The market was until...

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Firm: MV Werft Rostock becomes Arsenal!

Firm: MV Werft Rostock becomes Arsenal!

Posted by | 18 Jul 2022 | , , , | 0

Die Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben (BIMA) hat am Freitag den Kaufvertrag zum Erwerb der MV Werft am Standort Rostock unterzeichnet. Zuvor hatte der Haushaltsausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages die dafür benötigten 87 Millionen Euro freigegeben. Wie das BMVg mitgeteilt hat, ist damit der Startschuss für den Aufbau einer zusätzlichen Betriebsstätte für das Marinearsenal gefallen. Verteidigungsministerin Christine Lambrecht sieht in dem Erwerb ein großes Potenzial sowohl für die Bundeswehr als auch für das Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Ein Ziel sei die Verbesserung der materiellen Einsatzbereitschaft insbesondere der Marine. „Mangelnde Kapazitäten und lange Liegezeiten sollen nun der Vergangenheit angehören. Mit dem Erwerb sehe ich die...

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US support for Ukraine: 23 small boats on the delivery list

US support for Ukraine: 23 small boats on the delivery list

Posted by | 7 Jul 2022 | , , , , | 0

Um die Möglichkeiten der Ukraine zu unterstützen, ihre Küstenlinie, Wasserwege und Häfen besser zu kontrollieren und gegen die russische Invasion zu schützen, liefern die USA kurzfristig insgesamt 23 Aluminium-Kleinboote der Marke Metal Shark (Franklin und Jeanerette, Louisiana). Es soll sich dabei wohl um 6 Boote des Typs Defiant-45, 14 Boote Defiant-38 mit Mittelkonsole oder einige auch mit Steuerkanzel sowie 3 Hochgeschwindigkeits-Abfangboote Fearless-36 handeln. Maßgeschneidert Die Boote sollen sich schon seit 2019 in der Verhandlung mit Kiew befunden haben und sind daher maßgeschneidert für den Bedarf der Ukraine. Seit dem russischen Überfall ist das Gesamtprogramm jedoch erheblich beschleunigt worden. Die...

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