Frigate Hamburg has a new commander On Thursday, 20 February 2025, the commander of the 2nd Frigate Squadron, Frigate Captain Jan Hackstein, handed over command of the frigate "Hamburg" from Frigate Captain Andreas Schmidt to the new commander, Frigate Captain Alexander Timpf. Frigate Captain Schmidt will take up his new post at the Deputy Supreme Allied Command in a few...
Frigate "Hessen" as German maritime contribution The German Navy is participating in the NATO activity "Brilliant Vanguard" with the air defence frigate "Hessen" (F 221). It is a response to repeated violations by Russian-made Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the airspace of NATO countries in the Baltic Sea. The planning of "Brilliant Vanguard" was initiated by the...
A lot going on at EF 2.... The Chief of Staff of Operational Flotilla 2, Captain Sven Beck, today handed over command of the 2nd Frigate Squadron from Captain Olliver Pfennig to Frigate Captain Jan Hackstein. The ceremony took place in front of the frigate "Hessen" at the Heppenser Groden naval base in Wilhelmshaven.
From a press release of the Rostock Naval Command: On Friday, 8 July 2022 at 9 a.m., the commander of the 2nd Frigate Squadron, Captain Torben Jürgensen (46), will hand over command of the frigate "Sachsen" from Frigate Captain Phillipp Vögtle (43) to his successor Frigate Captain Thomas Liebert (44). Frigate Captain Vögtle had commanded the...
On Thursday, 30 September 2021 at 10 a.m. on board the frigate "Brandenburg", the commander of the 2nd Frigate Squadron, Captain Christian Scherrer (47), will hand over command of the ship from Frigate Captain Jan Hackstein (47) to his successor, Frigate Captain Andreas Scheiba (43). Frigate Captain Hackstein had command of the...
The 2nd frigate Sachsen (F 219) moved through the Kiel Canal into the Baltic Sea on Monday night. The unit, which is part of the 2nd frigate squadron, was due to take part in the SAGA in Neustadt from Tuesday. Due to four positive COVID-19 cases on board the frigate, the ship made an unplanned call at the naval base in Kiel early on Tuesday afternoon in order to...
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