Today, the commander of Operational Flotilla 2, Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz, handed over command of the Trossgeschwader from Frigate Captain Thorsten Geldmacher to the squadron's new commander, Captain Andreas Schmekel. The handover ceremony took place on the task force supply ship "Berlin" at the Heppenser Groden naval base in Wilhelmshaven. For five years, the outgoing commander,...
Minehunting boat "Grömitz" of the Kiel minehunting squadron ordered to the Aegean On Wednesday, 10 January 2024 at 10 a.m., the minehunting boat "Grömitz" will leave Kiel for the Aegean. The boat, which is part of the 3rd Minehunting Squadron, will thus represent the German contribution to the NATO Aegean Support Mission as a command platform for the next six months.
From a press release of the naval command in Rostock: On Wednesday, 19 July, 13:30, the task force provider (EGV) "Frankfurt am Main" under the command of frigate captain Hanno Weisensee (47) will leave its home port of Wilhelmshaven heading for the north-eastern Mediterranean. In the Aegean, the crew and the ship are expected to work closely together...
Humanitarian aid during NATO mission On Tuesday, 14 March 2023 at 10 a.m., the tender "Elbe" is expected back in its home port of Kiel after participating in the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) "NATO Support Aegean" mission. The crew of the "Elbe" will certainly not forget the last few weeks. After...
In her last two years of service, the frigate LÜBECK performed remarkably well. The men and women on board accepted considerable restrictions in order to take part in the NATO support mission. In January 2022, the frigate LÜBECK, which had already been deployed from May to September of the previous year, sailed as part of...
Final chapter of the Bremen-class frigates. The "Lübeck" will be decommissioned at the end of 2022. On Thursday, 16 June 2022 at 10 a.m., the "Lübeck" will return from the Aegean Sea from Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2). There, the situational awareness and cooperation with the partners in the Aegean...
Relief for the frigate "Lübeck" On Friday, 20 May 2022 at 4 p.m., the task force provider "Bonn" left Wilhelmshaven for the Mediterranean. In the Aegean Sea, the 175-strong crew and the ship are expected to work closely with the Turkish and Greek coastguards and the European Coastguard and Border Agency (FRONTEX)...
On 11 February 2022, the frigate "Schleswig-Holstein" returned to its home port of Wilhelmshaven after a 179-day absence. The F123 class frigate was part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) in the Aegean and was involved in maritime surveillance. "During the four and a half months in the theatre of operations, my crew...
Following manoeuvres by the Baltic Fleet in the Baltic Sea and the Russian Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea, units of the Black Sea Fleet have now also left their bases for training exercises, according to the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation. Here, too, more than twenty ships and boats are said to be travelling from the...
From a Navy press release On Monday, 17 January 2022 at 10 a.m., the frigate F214 LÜBECK will leave her home port of Wilhelmshaven to join the Standing Nato Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) in the Aegean for the last time. The LÜBECK is the last active representative of the F122 BREMEN class and will be decommissioned after...
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