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Issue 01/02-2021

The year of learning - The commander stays at home - Russia steps on the gas


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For shipspotters - British aircraft carrier visits Hamburg

Im Hamburger Hafen wird ein seltener Gast erwartet: Flugzeugträger HMS "Queen Elizabeth" (65.600 Tonnen) der britischen Royal Navy ist Teil einer NATO-Übung und absolviert seinen Antrittsbesuch in Hamburg. Der Flugzeugträger sollte ursprünglich im Laufe des Montagmorgens in Hamburg einlaufen. Nach Angaben der Hafenverwaltung Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) verzögerte sich die Ankunft jedoch aufgrund starker Winde. Entgegen der Erwartungen traf der Flugzeugträger jedoch gegen 15:00 Uhr am Kreuzfahrtterminal in Steinwerder ein. Steinwerder wurde gewählt, weil die Wasserschutzpolizei das Kriegsschiff dort besonders gut abschirmen kann. Zuvor sind das Hafenareal abgesucht und das Hafenbecken abgetaucht worden. Neben der Polizei wird auch die 1. Heimatschutzkompanie des Landeskommandos Hamburg das Areal in Steinwerder sichern. Ein Open-Ship für die Hamburgerinnen und Hamburger wird es aus Sicherheitsgründen nicht geben. Hamburgs Erster Bürgermeister Peter Tschentscher (SPD) wird am Dienstag mit einer Delegation an Bord gehen. Seit 13 Jahren war kein britischer Flugzeugträger mehr zu Gast im Hamburger Hafen. Insofern ist heute sicher ein Pflichttermin für sogenannte Shipspotter. Geplant ist, dass das Schiff mit seinen bis zu 1.500 Besatzungsmitgliedern noch bis zum 23.11.2024 in Hamburg bleibt. HMS "Queen Elizabeth" wurde 2017 in Dienst gestellt. Der Flugzeugträger hat Senkrechtstarter und Hubschrauber an Bord. Das Typschiff ist 284 Meter Lang...

Indo-Pacific Association does not sail through the Red Sea - why this is a good thing

An explanatory piece - from the pier. The question of whether the German Navy's Indo-Pacific convoy, consisting of the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main", should sail through the Red Sea on the way back from its world tour has been raised since the convoy left port on 7 May 2024. It was foreseeable for naval officers that no such passage would take place without an end to the Houthi threat. The decision therefore came as little surprise to the navy and its experts. From the beginning: the world watched in horror as Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023. From November 2023, the Houthis targeted ships of the pro-Israeli Western world. Yet another war and its consequences fell at our feet. And the "Ever Given" accident had already shown us what the closure of the Suez Canal meant. The EU responded: with Operation European Union Naval Force - Aspides (EUNAVFOR Aspides), it was decided in December 2023 - in cooperation with the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian - to respond to the attacks by the Houthi rebels. Germany successfully participated from February 2024 with the frigate "Hessen" (marineforum reported "Hessen" in the fire - what you can say about it "from the pier"). The further...

NATO reacts to Russian airspace violations in the Baltic Sea

The German Navy participates in the NATO activity "Brilliant Vanguard" with the air defence frigate "Hessen" (F 221).

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