The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) in Koblenz is focusing on continuity and has extended the existing contract with the F125 consortium (ARGE) for the technical and logistical support of the "Baden-Württemberg" class until March 2029. The consortium is made up of the lead company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) and the North German...
Warnemünde - Today, Tuesday, 30 January 2024, the corvette "Oldenburg" returned to her home base in Warnemünde after more than six months of deployment. The Class 130 ship left its home port 170 days ago with its crew under the command of Corvette Captain Markus Schwefer (38) in order to take part in both the mandated foreign deployment...
From a press release of the PIZ Marine at the Rostock Naval Command: On Friday, 20 October 2023 at 10 a.m., the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" will be the first ship of its class to set sail on a mission. She will leave her home port of Wilhelmshaven with the crew "Delta" to take part in the mandated foreign deployment UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force...
The German Navy's corvette "Oldenburg" is currently at sea off the Lebanese coast with a base in Limassol, Cyprus. This makes it the German unit serving in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian-Israeli flashpoint. For the UNIFIL mission, it only left its base during the "Hanse Sail" in...
On Sunday, 13 August 2023 at 1 pm, the corvette "Oldenburg" will leave her home port of Warnemünde as part of the Hanse Sail to take part in the mandated foreign mission UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) off the Lebanese coast as well as in the NATO support mission Aegean. Under the command of Corvette Captain...
As of today, the "Naval Tactical Centre" is part of the Naval Operations School in Bremerhaven Today, on 4 October 2022, the "Naval Tactical Centre" was newly established in Bremerhaven in the presence of Rear Admiral Christoph Müller-Meinhard, Commander Support and Head of the Operational Support Department at Naval Command, and the Commander of the Naval Operations School, Captain Jens Grimm. This...
The crew "Charlie" has a new commander. On Thursday, 28 July 2022, Corvette Captain Pascal Störk (40) handed over command of the crew "Charlie" to Corvette Captain Christian Rodust (37). The ceremony was led by the commander of the 1st Corvette Squadron, Frigate Captain Kenneth Harms (42). Korvettenkapitän Störk was commander for around two years, was...
Focus on NATO and deterrence On the occasion of his first 100 days in office, Vice Admiral Jan Kaack set out his priorities in a keynote speech on Monday. In a keynote speech on the occasion of his first 100 days in office on Monday (yesterday), the Vice Admiral named the improvement of operational capability and combat strength as a priority: this includes...
Kölle Alaaf - Since 21 April 2022, construction number 6 of the Braunschweig class has been named "Köln". At 10.55 a.m., the Kölsch bottle set in motion by the Lord Mayor of the sponsor city, Henriette Reker, smashed against the bow of the corvette. [ 21 April 2022, construction number 6 of the Braunschweig class was launched at the traditional Hamburg shipyard...
Heute kehrte die Korvette „ Braunschweig“ von der UNIFIL-Mission (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) zurückkehren. Begrüßt wurde sie durch den Oberbürgermeister der Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock, Claus Ruhe Madsen (49). Mit Musik vonMarius Müller-Westernhagen „Ich bin wieder hier“ und einem Heimatwimpel kehrte die "Braunschweig" mit ihrer 60-köpfigen Besatzung unter...
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