Maritime Convention The Maritime Convention in Berlin once again brought together all the big names in the navy. Among them: Nils Brandt, sea captain and commander of the Gorch Fock for many years. Today, the Hamburg native works at the German Armed Forces Command and Staff College, training general staff officers and prospective staff officers....
Gorch Fock 38th training voyage 1971 Lisbon-Kiel Even half a century ago, photographs were taken of the training voyages of the "Gorch Fock" - albeit in a decidedly "analogue" style. Colourful slides were the standard, and Super 8 films were also shot. Black and white, however, was affordable and allowed all the graphic design possibilities of the "thousand shades of grey". There...
Captain Nils Brandt looks back on a total of ten years in command of the navy As announced, the handover of command on the Gorch Fock took place today. The change on the bridge of a ship is always a turning point, for the officers concerned and for the crew anyway, but this time it was also...
Captain Nils Brandt leaves the ship after almost 8 years Next Thursday, the command of the sail training ship "Gorch Fock" will change hands. The commander of the Mürwik Naval Academy, Flotilla Admiral Jens Nemeyer, will hand over responsibility from Captain Nils Brandt to Captain Andreas-Peter Graf von Kielmansegg. When in...
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.14.5" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" collapsed="off" sticky_enabled="0"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.14.5" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"] The German Navy's sail training ship ends its 171st training voyage abroad today. After an absence of more than four months, the berth at the naval base in Kiel is occupied again. The first long...
The sail training ship "Gorch Fock" leaves its home port of Kiel at 10 a.m. on 19 November 2021 to set off on its first training voyage abroad after a long stay in the shipyard. Under the command of Captain Nils Brandt (55), the white three-master with a total of around 120 crew members is heading for the Canary Islands. The off...
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