The long farewell to the Sea King Mk41 multi-role transport helicopter Tomorrow, Thursday 18 July 2024, a media event will take place at the naval air base in Nordholz. The first plans to procure the helicopters for the German Navy began in 1964, and the first Sea King of the naval aviators flew for the first time in March 1972....
Marineforum conducted an interview with Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz, Commander of Flotilla 2, also CTG 500.01 and thus Commander of the German Navy's Indo-Pacific task force. The Navy's IPD24, Pacific Waves 24, has completed its first third. With the start of RIMPAC, the project is entering another, operationally more demanding phase. How...
So now it has sailed, the navy's Indo-Pacific convoy. There is a lot to read about it, about the two ships, the crews, the military-political significance of the voyage and the security policy context in South-East Asia. Once around the globe! But before the association crossed the Pacific and, much later, the...
The German Armed Forces Procurement Office has purchased another used ocean-going tug for the German Navy. The tug is to operate under the name "Borkum" and was selected because it is only two years old. According to information from Koblenz, the purchase price is in the low double-digit million euro range. The procurement was completed within five...
Indo-Pacific Deployment: Invitation to tender for sailing on board the Indo-Pacific Association of the German Navy Since May 2024, the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" have been underway as part of the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) until December 2024. The next major project of the IPD association is participation in the naval manoeuvre RIMPAC (Rim of...
We reported on the new Class 707 naval fuel supply vessels, which have now been laid down. However, the ways in which tankers were procured were not always so ideal. The age-old shipbuilding tradition of hammering a coin into the keel of a ship is said to have existed thousands of years ago, as coins have been found under old ships during excavations.
The good news: the contractually anchored option for two more ships can be triggered following the decision of the German Bundestag's Budget Committee on 12 June. On 19 June 2024 - exactly four years after the signing of the construction contract for the first batch - the contract was signed in Koblenz at the Federal Office for Equipment,...
Another minehunting boat on a NATO mission in the Mediterranean On Monday, 17 June 2024 at 10 a.m., the hollow-barrel boat "Pegnitz" will leave its home port of Kiel. The boat, which is part of the 3rd Minehunting Squadron, will thus make the German contribution to the NATO support mission in the Aegean over the coming months. The Kiel boat is...
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" under the command of the commander of the task force, Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz (53), entered the port of San Diego. They are on their way to...
The Bundeswehr is therefore becoming fit for war. A consistent focus on national and alliance defence in the overall national context is the order of the day. A tough rudder situation, one might say. This time, it is essential that the general public supports the changes in the armed forces. Communication is of crucial importance - in the context of...
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