Hydrographic vessel for Indonesia On 14 December, the keel was laid for the first joint project of ABEKING & RASMUSSEN and FASSMER, a 105m hydrographic vessel. After A&R recently successfully delivered two minehunting vessels to the Indonesian Navy, the shipyard was also commissioned to build the new hydrographic vessel in December last year.
Spain's government has given the green light for the stationing of two more US Navy ships, bringing the number of US destroyers stationed in Rota to six. In 2014, the USA began stationing a total of four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDG 51-119, max. 9700 tonnes displacement) permanently in Europe. The order for these...
Dear readers and friends of maritime topics! Since we launched the portal of the Marine-Offizier-Vereinigung e.V. (MOV) and the Deutsches Maritimes Institut e.V. together with ElbBureaux GmbH in Hamburg almost exactly three years ago (a good 1,000 days), we have succeeded in publishing over two thousand (2,000!) articles - short...
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From a press release by the Naval Command: On Friday, 15 December 2023 at 10 a.m., the task force provider (EGV) "Frankfurt am Main" will return to its home port of Wilhelmshaven after 23,000 nautical miles, equivalent to 42,600 kilometres, or one circumnavigation of the globe. The "Frankfurt am Main" remained in the Mediterranean for longer after the actual end of its mission in order to return to...
For the German Navy, too, this means a return to a focus on national and alliance defence. In an interview with marineforum, Vice Admiral Frank Lenski, Commander of the Fleet and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, talks about the resulting willingness to take on responsibility, current problems and the importance of those serving in the reserves. Mr Admiral,...
Die „Sachsen“ hat wieder einen funktionierenden Vertical Launcher. Die Arbeiten wurden im Wilhelmshavener Marinearsenal während der planmäßigen Liegezeit der Fregatte durchgeführt. Der Einbau eines neuen VLS war notwendig geworden, weil die Anlage bei einem Munitionsunfall im Juni 2018 zerstört wurde. Ein Flugkörper war damals beim Abschuss steckengeblieben und abgebrannt, ein...
From a press release by Rostock Naval Command: "The minehunting boat "Bad Bevensen" of the 3rd Minehunting Squadron has been part of NATO's Standing NATO Mine CounterMeasures Group 1 for the past five months. It was also part of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force Maritime for the North and Baltic Seas. Under the command of...
Im Jahr des 175. Marinegeburtstags begeht das Deutsche Maritime Institut sein 50. Jubiläum. Es wurde 1973 als Deutsches Marineinstitut gegründet. Seinerzeit vermissten engagierte Marineoffiziere unter ihrem Spiritus Rector, Flottillenadmiral Alfred „Munki“ Schumann, eine angemessene Berücksichtigung der Marine in den Diskussionen über die Bundeswehr. Sie wollten Marineexperten zusammenführen und ihnen eine...
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