Category: Armed Forces

Pacific: German ship's doctors save lives

Pacific: German ship's doctors save lives

Posted by | 23 Jun 2024 | , , , | 0

From a press release by Rostock Naval Command: At sea - During the night of 21 to 22 June German time, the ship's doctors on the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" took a sick person on board between the US mainland and the Hawaiian archipelago, around 1,400 kilometres off the Californian coast, and provided him with emergency medical care. How did this come about A German Navy unit consisting of the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" is currently in transit from San Diego in California to Hawaii as part of the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) 2024 with six other naval vessels from four nations....

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F 126 - Ship 5 and 6: a difficult birth

F 126 - Ship 5 and 6: a difficult birth

Posted by | 19 Jun 2024 | , , , | 0

The good news: the contractually anchored option for two more ships can be exercised following the decision of the German Bundestag's Budget Committee on 12 June. On 19 June 2024 - exactly four years after the construction contract for the first batch was signed - the contract for the second batch of two F 126 ships was signed in Koblenz at the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw). The construction contract signed on 19 June 2020 provided for the procurement of four units. The construction of two further units would be possible via an option to be exercised within two years....

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On the way to the world's largest maritime manoeuvre

On the way to the world's largest maritime manoeuvre

Posted by | 13 Jun 2024 | , , , | 0

German naval vessels enter the port of San Diego On 11 June 2024, the frigate FGS "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force provider FGS "Frankfurt am Main" entered the port of San Diego under the command of the commander of the task force, Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz (53). They are on their way to "Rim of the Pacific" (RIMPAC), the largest international maritime exercise in the world. Both ships are part of the German Navy's Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) 2024. The next stop on their journey will be Honolulu, Hawaii, where both ships will arrive on 26 June. The Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) is the most important project of the...

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Gorch Fock: Einmal Afrika und zurück

Gorch Fock: Einmal Afrika und zurück

Posted by | 13 Jun 2024 | , , | 0

„Gorch Fock“ kehrt von der 177. Auslandsausbildungsreise zurück Am Freitag, den 14. Juni 2024, wird das Segelschulschiff um 10 Uhr rechtzeitig zur Kieler Woche zurückkehren. Insgesamt wurden über 6.000 Seemeilen, darunter 4.208 Seemeilen unter Segeln, zurückgelegt. Auf der erfolgreichen Ausbildungsfahrt, bei der insgesamt 225 Offizieranwärterinnen und Offizieranwärter die seemännische Ausbildung durchliefen, wurden die Häfen Gijon (Spanien), Tanger (Marokko), Porto (Portugal) und Saint-Malo (Frankreich) angelaufen. Unter ihnen waren auch Kadetten aus Frankreich, Kamerun, Ghana, Kolumbien, Senegal, Togo und Tunesien an Bord. Derzeit liegt das Schiff in der Heikendorfer Bucht (Foto). Für den Kommandanten, Kapitän zur See Andreas-Peter Graf von Kielmansegg,...

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