The OTTO HAHN was launched 60 years ago. The much-noticed ship was powered by a nuclear reactor. Germany has phased out nuclear power. The issue seems to have been put to bed. A different mood prevailed in the 1950s, when the Federal Republic was still young. The USA and the Soviet Union faced each other as nuclear powers, while at the same time...
On 1 June 2024, Björn Schlüter (36) took over the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at ABEKING & RASMUSSEN Schiffs- und Yachtwerft (A&R) in Lemwerder. Björn Schlüter has many years of management experience in shipbuilding and was most recently Head of Construction at the Fassmer shipyard. In the future management duo...
This is how the navy wanted it: fast and pragmatic cooperation between armoury operations and the fleet! On 15 January 2024, the task force provider "Bonn" sailed from Wilhelmshaven. At the beginning of the year, the ship was to be part of the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force Maritime (VJTF M), i.e. deployed on the northern flank....
The 22nd unit of the Virginia class was commissioned on 14 October. The ship is named after Admiral Hyman C. Rickover. The commissioning ceremony for the USS Hyman C. Rickover (SSN 795) took place at the New London submarine base in the state of Connecticut. To date, 15 hunter submarines are stationed here, including eight units of the...
After a delay of several years, the first ship of the US Coast Guard's newest class has been christened. The christening and launching of the first unit of the US Coast Guard's (USCG) HERITAGE class took place on 27 October at the Eastern Shipbuilding yard in Panama City, Florida. The name of the new class reflects the fact that all the...
The Royal Navy had held on to old, decommissioned hulls for reserve purposes for years. This surplus tonnage is now to be rapidly reduced, as it also costs personnel, money, time and berths. The British Ministry of Defence's disposal company has drawn up a five-year plan for this and will begin selling four ships this year...
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The Kingdom of Denmark naturally also includes the Faroe Islands between Norway and Iceland as well as Greenland, which is over 50 times larger in area and part of the American continent (2166 million km2). Denmark has many years of experience in operating military ships in the Arctic Ocean. And because our northern neighbour is very flexible...
Over the next few years, many modern ships will be joining Flotilla 2. But personnel is the strategic challenge for operational readiness. The commander of Operational Flotilla 2 has the task of providing ships that are capable of asserting themselves and holding their own in battle on the high seas in order to provide the naval inspector with maritime capabilities and options...
With the commissioning of its first indigenous aircraft carrier in 2022, the Indian Navy took the step from buyer to manufacturer. Many components on board come from local production. With its first indigenous aircraft carrier, which is also the Indian Navy's largest warship to date, India is moving ever closer to a blue water...
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