Category: Shipbuilding

Handover of the second Sa'ar 6 corvette to Israel

Handover of the second Sa'ar 6 corvette to Israel

Posted by | 4 May 2021 | , , , | 0

The Israeli navy has gained a modern corvette. The second Sa'ar 6 class corvette was christened today, 4 April, at Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) in Kiel. In the presence of the Israeli ambassador to Germany, Jeremy Issacharoff, his wife Laura Kam Issacharoff christened the ship with the name Oz. TKMS Managing Director Rolf Wirtz then officially handed over the newbuilding to the Israeli Navy. Due to the pandemic, the setting for the event was festive but kept small. The contract for the delivery of four corvettes of this type was signed in May 2015. Following the design phase, the construction phase began with the...

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45 million order for Babcock

45 million order for Babcock

Posted by | 28 Apr 2021 | , , | 0

Babcock International will continue to service the Marine Rotating Electrical Machinery for the next ten years. This was announced today by the British Ministry of Defence. The contract is worth £45 million over its lifetime. It covers the servicing of equipment already in service with the Royal Navy. This includes all generators providing low voltage power to a platform, associated regulators, motors for critical infrastructure such as pumps and controls, and propulsion motors for submarines. Text: mb; Photo:...

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Ladies commission HSVA for tests

Ladies commission HSVA for tests

Posted by | 26 Apr 2021 | , , | 0

Damen Naval and the Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt (HSVA) have signed a contract for comprehensive cooperation in the field of hydrodynamic optimisation and the implementation of an extensive model test campaign for the new Class 126 frigates. The optimisation and tests are part of the early development phase during the ship design. The properties of the planned ship will be tested realistically. A scale model of the F 126, several metres long, will be on display for the first time. Damen, together with its partners Blohm+Voss and Thales, will build a total of four Class 126 frigate ships on behalf of the German Navy, after the partners signed a contract last year with...

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Kiellegung bei Tamsen

Kiellegung bei Tamsen

Posted by | 26 Apr 2021 | , | 0

In der vergangenen Woche konnte bei Tamsen Maritim in Rostock gefeiert werden: Das zweite der neuen watttauglichen Zoll-Einsatzschiffe wurde auf Kiel gelegt. Die 23 Meter langen Boote werden aus Aluminium gefertigt und mit aktuellster Technik ausgestattet. Ab Herbst des kommenden Jahres sollen sie als Streifenboote in den deutschen Gebieten von Nord- und Ostsee eingesetzt werden. Ihre Maximalgeschwindigkeit von 20 Knoten erreichen sie durch zwei Motoren mit je 882 kW. Sie können bis zu sechs Personen aufnehmen. Durch ihren geringen Tiefgang von nur 1,2 Metern sind sie besonders für den Einsatz im Bodden- und Wattenbereich geeignet. Trotz der Coronapandemie gelang...

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Christening of the USS Higbee

Christening of the USS Higbee

Posted by | 26 Apr 2021 | , , , | 0

Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding once again christened a destroyer for the US Navy on 24 April. The Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) was supposed to undergo this ceremony last year, but the pandemic put a spanner in the Navy's works. The ceremony is named after a nurse who was one of the first women to join the newly established Navy Nurse Corps in October 1908. As part of a group that later became known as "The Sacred Twenty", she was also one of the first women in the United States Armed Forces. After rising through the ranks to second superintendent...

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