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"Gorch Fock" sets off on a unique training voyage

"Gorch Fock" sets off on a unique training voyage

Gepostet von | 6 Aug 2025 | , , | 0

Focus on recruiting young talent On Saturday, 9 August 2025 at 12 noon, the sail training ship "Gorch Fock" will leave its home port of Kiel for a very special voyage, a late summer voyage, as part of the 187th/188th foreign training voyage. On Tuesday, 5 August 2025, the ship will move to Sartorikai and take part in events related to the Ocean Race Europe. The following Friday, the "Gorch Fock" will set sail on a day trip. This foreign training voyage of the "Gorch Fock" is unique: it combines maritime tradition, social proximity and training with innovative forms of recruiting young talent - and creates numerous opportunities for citizens to experience the German Navy's sail training ship up close.

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Taiwanese submarine enters sea trials

Taiwanese submarine enters sea trials

Gepostet von | 5 Aug 2025 | , , | 0

After the launch in February 2024 and the christening of the SS-711 "Hai Kun" (Narwhal, 80 metres, 2,550 - 3,000 tonnes), not much was heard or seen of the project for a nationally developed conventional submarine, which had begun with great vigour. Technical difficulties arose at the start of the harbour acceptance tests, which delayed the publicly visible sea acceptance tests until the beginning of May this year. Seven more boats are to follow in batches of three, two and another three units by 2038. In view of Taiwan's stock of older submarines, regeneration is urgently needed: Two Dutch Zwaardvis boats from 1988 (67 metres, 2,700...

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Argentinian sail training ship "Libertad" in Hamburg

Argentinian sail training ship "Libertad" in Hamburg

Gepostet von | 5 Aug 2025 | , , , | 0

A wonderful sight to see from the banks of the Elbe The "Libertad" is the sail training ship of the Argentinian navy. The three-master, rigged as a full-rigged ship, moored at the jetties in Hamburg at midday. The ship will stay until Friday and then leave Hamburg at 10.00 am. There are 292 sailors on board. Like the German Navy's "Gorch Fock", officer candidates are being trained on the Libertad. The ship can be visited during an open ship. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 1 to 5 pm, the last admission is at 4.30 pm. Visitors are not permitted to bring large bags and rucksacks.

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Russian landing ship christened in Kaliningrad

Russian landing ship christened in Kaliningrad

Gepostet von | 4 Aug 2025 | , , | 0

At the end of May, the large landing ship "Vladimir Andreyev" was christened in Kaliningrad at the Yantar shipyard as type ship project 11711M in the presence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev. It is a further development of the Ivan Gren class, known for its striking silhouette with the wide projecting carrier bow and the aft island. The new landing ship now resembles the traditional dock landing ships of the American Whidbey class (186 metres, 16,000 tonnes) or the Chinese Yuzhao class (210 metres, 20,000 tonnes), but is significantly smaller than these at 150 metres in length and around 8,000 tonnes displacement. However, as it is 20% larger overall...

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