Ceremonial handover on the Weser
On 30 May 2023, ABEKING & RASMUSSEN Schiffs- und Yachtwerft SE in Lemwerder ceremoniously handed over the two minehunting boats built for the Indonesian Navy on the Weser. The client had set a tight schedule for the shipyard with its almost 500 employees. The contract, which was awarded by the Indonesian Ministry of Defence on 29 January 2019, is worth 204 million US dollars (approx. 183 million euros). The design of the 62-metre vessels is based on the German Navy's Frankenthal class. The boats are equipped with a state-of-the-art sonar system and drones for mine warfare. As with MCM mission systems deployed by the German Navy on the Frankenthal class, drones will be used...
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