For a long time, there was no photo to show the Gorch Fock in the right light again after almost six years in the shipyard. Now the crew and photographers have managed to take some impressive pictures. Operation White Swan: The Gorch Fock in all its glory On 25 March, the Gorch Fock became the scene of a special mission: Operation White Swan....
A few hundred metres past each other When the Russian corvette RFS "Stoikiy" (Steregushchiy class) "turned" into the Langelandbelt on Friday last week (we reported) after passing Fehmarn to the north-west, the French reconnaissance ship FS "Dupuy de Lome" (A 759), which was on the opposite course, had a convenient "found food" ....
Currently, all Steregushchiy-class corvettes in active service have left the Baltic Sea for deployment. Before the Steregushchiy-class corvette RFS Stoikiy (545), which for many observers is a well-known unit assigned to the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy, the modified RFS Merkuriy (734), which only entered service in May 2023, has...
It can happen that quickly: can you come to terms with such a "role model"? The photos of the new Damen ASD 3010 ICE class multifunctional tug LNS "Lokys" (H 24) for the Lithuanian Navy were taken on the delivery voyage from Rotterdam to Klaipeda on 4 May 2025 in the Kiel Canal. On Monday, 12 May, nine...
Even the possible presence of submarines in a sea area binds the enemy forces. This is because their core contribution to modern naval warfare is clear. Submarines are as fascinating as they are mysterious. They disappear into the depths of the oceans, appear surprisingly and without warning from the shadows, are extremely difficult to find and usually operate...
Christening of the corvette AUGSBURG - Fourth unit of the second batch officially christened "Augsburg" in Hamburg at NVL On 8 May 2025, the fourth corvette of the second batch of Class 130 was officially christened "Augsburg" at the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg. The festive ceremony took place in the presence of numerous representatives of...
What do we see there? They are the Royal Swedish Navy's Malmö-class HSWMS Stockholm (P 11) and the Visby-class corvettes HSWMS Nykoeping (K 34) and HSWMS Karlstad (K 35).
...Since the beginning of the year, there have been increasing reports of explosions on or in Russian ships in the Mediterranean, but also in the Baltic Sea. According to various sources, these incidents are mostly due to limpet mines, of which there were considerable stocks in Soviet times, particularly in countries of the Eastern Bloc - and apparently...
There have been at least five incidents in the Baltic Sea in the last year and a half in which cargo ships have damaged deep-sea cables or pipelines with their anchors. Were these accidents or intentional acts? When looking at these cases, the following similarities stand out: 1. the ships came from Russia, were carrying cargo...
Every year, tens of thousands of tonnes of fishing nets, known as ghost nets, end up in the sea. Sea creatures and diving birds get caught in them indiscriminately and usually die an agonising death. Artificial intelligence is now helping to salvage them. Since the 1960s, fishing nets have no longer been made from the perishable natural materials hemp, sisal or linen, but from synthetic materials.
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