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Frigate "Hamburg" deployed to NATO

Frigate "Hamburg" deployed to NATO

Gepostet von | 11 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

Tomorrow, Saturday 12 July 2025, the frigate "Hamburg" will leave Wilhelmshaven to take part in the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1). After training cruises in the first half of the year, the crew under the command of frigate captain Alexander Timpf will now head to the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic. The commander comments: "I am proud of my crew. During the demanding preparations for the deployment, everyone has shown what we are made of - professionally, personally and as comrades. We are going into this mission united, with a strong team spirit and a clear view of our responsibilities." For him...

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"Gorch Fock" - an anchor as a symbol of solidarity

"Gorch Fock" - an anchor as a symbol of solidarity

Gepostet von | 10 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

A stock anchor from the barque has now been moored in front of the state government's guest house for 40 years and symbolises the solidarity of the state parliament with the crew and the German Navy's sail training ship. The Schleswig-Holstein parliament had taken over the sponsorship of the tall ship three years earlier on 26 January 1982. kdk, ndr Watch video Anchor and shroud at Landtag 2023. Image: Bundeswehr/Marcel KrönckeAnchor and shroud at Landtag 2023. Image: Bundeswehr/Marcel Kröncke Certificate of sponsorship from Landtag SH in 1982. Image: Landtag SHCertificate of sponsorship from Landtag SH in 1982. Image: Landtag...

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Finland issues ban on discharge of ship sewage

Finland issues ban on discharge of ship sewage

Gepostet von | 10 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

On 1 July 2025, a further ban on the discharge of wastewater from ships into Finnish territorial waters in the Baltic Sea came into force. This makes Finland the first country in the world to introduce a law, which was passed by the Finnish Parliament in December 2024, that generally prohibits cargo ships from discharging wastewater. The ban will be implemented gradually for ships with a gross tonnage of more than 400 or smaller ships with more than 15 people. Initially, it affects the discharge of wastewater from scrubbers, i.e. open exhaust gas cleaning systems that are predominantly used in shipping and have been in use for some time.

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Argentina - Falklands veteran sunk

Argentina - Falklands veteran sunk

Gepostet von | 10 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

What British missiles failed to do in the Falklands War, their own navy has now done: the "Alférez Sobral" has been sunk. What the Royal Navy failed to achieve in the Falklands War by firing missiles, artillery hits during an Argentine navy exercise at the end of May have now done: The final sinking of the guard ship "Alférez Sobral". At the beginning of May 1982, the former US Navy ship was travelling north of the Falklands Sound to search for the pilots of a downed Argentine Canberra (a British-built light bomber). It was attacked by a British helicopter with short-range missiles. Eight crew members, including the commander, were killed. The destroyed bridge tower of the ship stands today as a...

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Naval aviators provide administrative assistance off the British coast

Naval aviators provide administrative assistance off the British coast

Gepostet von | 10 Jul 2025 | , , | 0

Im Zusammenhang mit der Kollision eines Frachters und eines Tankschiffes am 10. März vor der britischen Küste leisteten die Marineflieger des Marinefliegergeschwaders 3 „Graf Zeppelin“ mit einer Dornier DO 228 LM wertvolle Amtshilfe. Der Einsatz erfolgte im Auftrag des Havariekommandos, das der Küstenwache des Vereinigten Königreichs unmittelbar nach Bekanntwerden der Schiffskollision am Vormittag des 10. März schnelle Unterstützung angeboten hatte. Vor der britischen Nordseeküste kollidierten das Containerschiff SOLONG und der Tanker STENA IMMACULATE. Beide Schiffe gerieten in Brand und es bestand die Gefahr, dass auslaufendes Öl und eventuell ins Wasser stürzende Container zu weiteren Gefahren und [ds_preview]Umweltverschmutzungen führen. Zwei...

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