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Fuel supplier of the Rhön class 707 - A 1443. picture: Meyer-Werft
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digital+ contribution Papenburg - From cruise to combat support

Meyer Werft is internationally known primarily for building large cruise ships. With the undocking of a fuel transporter for the German Navy, it is now deliberately entering a less familiar but strategically important field. The supply ship is part of a contract awarded in 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic, which aimed to utilise free capacity in the...

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Frigate "Sachsen" in the Lysefjord Photo: German Navy

"Saxony" starts the new year with a NATO mission

On Tuesday, 6 January 2026, the frigate "Sachsen", under the command of frigate captain Wolfgang Eckmüller, will leave her home port of Wilhelmshaven. She will become part of the NATO Standing Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1)....
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Arrival of frigate Hamburg, Photo: Bundeswehr/Tom Kistenmacher

Frigate Hamburg returns

On Friday, 19 December 2025, at 10 a.m., the frigate "Hamburg" under the command of Frigate Captain Alexander Timpf will enter her home port of Wilhelmshaven. The frigate was part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, a permanent NATO task force. "Behind us lie challenging and intensive months in the Standing NATO Maritime Group...
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the first NH-90 MRFH "Sea Tiger" on-board helicopter

Naval aviators receive the first Sea Tiger

The first NH-90 MRFH "Sea Tiger" helicopter was ceremoniously handed over to the German Navy in Berlin today. The handover was performed by the Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius and the Deputy Inspector of the Navy and Commander of the Fleet Axel Deertz. The crew then flew the brand-new helicopter to Nordholz, where it was already...
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Minesweeper class 332 "Dillingen" of the German Navy. Photo: Michael Nitz

"Dillingen" returns before Christmas

The minehunting vessel "Dillingen" will return to its home port of Kiel on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, in time for Christmas after a six-month deployment as the German contribution to the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1). The crew consisted of 35 men and six women as well as a team of Portuguese mine divers. The...

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EGV "Berlin" passes the Statue of Liberty entering New York Photo: Bw/Vollborth
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"Berlin" returns to Wilhelmshaven

Now the task force provider under the command of frigate captain Karsten Uwe Schlüter is returning home on Saturday, 13.12.25....
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Tugboat Rügen Photo: Bw Kelm
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The "Rügen" is coming back

It was the first deployment ever for the ocean-going tug, and the crew also gained new experience. It was also the first civilian-crewed ship of the Trossgeschwader....
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Tyne, River Class patrol vessel Photo: Royal Navy.

River class! Ships that you simply need!

The British patrol boat HMS "Tyne" will visit the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 9 - 13 December 2025. HMS TYNE will arrive from Portsmouth on 9 December 2025 and leave the Hanseatic City again on Saturday, 13 December at 14:00. As part of the Host Nation Support (HNS) programme,...
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Combat Medal of the German Armed Forces
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Crew of the "Korvette Ludwigshafen am Rhein" honoured with combat medal

On 5 December 2025, the former crew of the corvette "Ludwigshafen am Rhein" was awarded the "Combat Medal". Former, because after more than a year, the crew members and embarked personnel who were on board at the time of the combat action are naturally no longer the same soldiers as they were 12 months ago....
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Marine Alutech Oy Ab / Watercat 2000 Patrol
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Alutech works together with Gebrüder Friedrich Werft

Alutech works together with Gebrüder Friedrich Werft...
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