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Gorch Fock off Lisbon

Gorch Fock off Lisbon

Gepostet von | 3 Dec 2021 | , , | 3

Shortly before the Gorch Fock sailed into its first foreign harbour after its long time in the shipyard, the commander of the sail training ship, Captain Nils Brandt, contacted the editor-in-chief of MarineForum with good news. He reports that this first phase of training has been very successful. A brief look back After the stresses and strains of the constantly lengthening repair period, which was accompanied by rather unfavourable media coverage, the crew mastered their first real sea voyage with great motivation, joy and enthusiasm. "We were able to cover a thousand miles under sail" and gain confidence and routine in handling the ship and rigging. The decisive basis for the...

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The containers have had their day

The containers have had their day

Gepostet von | 3 Dec 2021 | , , | 0

After more than 20 years of service, the Marine Rescue Centre is now being "reinvented". The future i-Merz is optimised in terms of medical technology and comprehensively integrated into the task force providers. The three task force supply centres are the backbone of the German Navy for supplying national and international naval units during operations and exercises. Over 230 tonnes of provisions and 9000 cubic metres of fuel - enough to refuel 130,000 mid-range cars in an entire small town - are just a small part of the comprehensive logistical supply. And this can be done at any time and in any place in the world that combat ships can reach. Up to two ships can be refuelled in parallel at a distance of...

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Maritime specialists

Maritime specialists

Gepostet von | 27 Nov 2021 | , , | 0

The north-west of the republic is home to numerous shipyards with a global reputation. Civil and military shipbuilding form a symbiosis. The coastal states of Lower Saxony and Bremen are traditionally home to an efficient, future-orientated and globally active maritime industry. It is made up of shipyards, system providers, component manufacturers, facilities and technical and commercial service companies. Naval shipbuilding is particularly important. Maritime industry on the Weser The Fr. Lürssen shipyard, founded in 1875 and based in Bremen-Vegesack, is a world-class northern German shipbuilding company with 2,700 employees. In addition to the headquarters in Bremen-Lemwerder, it has sites in Bremen-Aumund and Berne as well as the subsidiaries Lürssen Kröger...

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Full circle with a supertanker

Full circle with a supertanker

Gepostet von | 26 Nov 2021 | , , | 0

After almost three decades, the Bundeswehr has returned to national and alliance defence. The necessary change can be mastered with system alliances. At the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, the Bundeswehr - after 35 years of development - had achieved a good position in the conventional arms race with the Warsaw Pact and in comparison with the other NATO partners. As surprisingly as the Cold War ended, there was little certainty as to how the costly armed forces should continue. With the equipment and training for the large-scale, intensive war on the European continent, the Bundeswehr was deployed in a wide variety of different...

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The reality of the submarine U96 - The "war correspondent"

The reality of the submarine U96 - The "war correspondent"

Gepostet von | 23 Nov 2021 | , , , | 0

Lange wurde der Roman „Das Boot“ als Friedensbuch gefeiert. Eine neue Dauerausstellung legt die Realität von U 96 und Autor Lothar-Günther Buchheim schonungslos offen. Mit Ende der Kampfhandlungen im Mai 1945 kehrte Lothar-Günther Buchheim seiner Rolle als einer der vielseitigsten, erfolgreichsten und einflussreichsten Maler und Kriegsberichterstatter der Marine den Rücken zu. In den folgenden Jahren erfand er die Legende vom unbescholtenen Künstler. Den Blick auf seine NS-Zeit verstellte er mit emsig erarbeiteter Neuidentität als Sammler expressionistischer Kunst, Kunstbuch-Verleger und Kunstautor. So bewarb er im Dezember 1955 seinen jungen Feldafinger Verlag mit Anzeige und Porträtbild auch in der Wildente, einer...

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