Life on board an OPV in Arctic waters

feeds@yuku.com (Hvidtfeldt) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:20:43 GMT

Short movie from P570 Knud Rasmussen showing very nice photos from this ship. I hope you'll enjoy

http://politiken.dk/fotografier/soundslides/article865004.ece

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you all

German WWI submarine gun - anybody know what it is ?

feeds@yuku.com (rodcbutcher) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:10:33 GMT

There is a gun mounted in Ward Park, Bangor, Northern Ireland, with a brass plaque saying it came from German submarine UB-19. Other sources say U-19 which makes more sense as U-19 was handed over at the end of WWI whereas UB-19 was sunk.
It has a vertical sliding block, with Krupp markings : Nr. 705. L. FRIED. KRUPP A.G. 1916. 1354 kg.
Would this be the 8.8 cm SK L/45 mentioned on Tony's page

Russian "Bulawa" Launch fails

feeds@yuku.com (PK) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:51:25 GMT

See News agency "Nowosti" -here-

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - The December 9, 2009 test of the RSM-56 Bulava (SS-NX-30) submarine-launched ballistic missile has failed, said the Russian Defense Ministry. There have been 12 other test flights since December 2003.
Without going into technical details, which must be clarified by experts, we must now assess the...

New coast guard vessels (OPVs) underway for Norway

feeds@yuku.com (Kielland) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:15:23 GMT

The second vessel of the Barentshav class, KV Bergen, is nearing completion.

http://www.mil.no/sjo/kv/start/article.jhtml?articleID=191327 (Norwegian)

And the third vessel, KV Sortland, is...

Italian Gaeta class MCMs to get British sonar

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:46:03 GMT

Another deal for Thales.

Italian Minehunters To Get British Sonar System

By andrew chuter
Published: 24 Nov 2009 13:51

LONDON - The Italian Navy is to upgrade it's fleet of minehunting vessels with a Thales UK-developed sonar system. The deal is part of a wider midlife update of...

Russia's Polar "Sea Grab"

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:27:24 GMT
Arctic sovereignty disputes in the news again.

http://www.lineofdeparture.com/2009/11/20/russias-polar-sea-grab/?wh=wh

Russia's Polar Sea Grab

What if Question (Russian Federation)

feeds@yuku.com (Joshua Kintner) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:49:20 GMT

If, over a period of the next ten years, the Russian Navy progressivley paid off or sold it's surface and submarine fleet of anything larger than a full sized Frigate (frontline combat vessels only), and used these funds in conjunction with existing funding, to buy over the period of the same ten years two conventionally powered Nimitz CVs, twelve Arleigh Burke DDGs, eight new build OHPs, plus three of the French Mistrals, four Ohio SSBNs, ten 688i's, and twelve German U212s,...

"2 German Corvettes for Israel"

feeds@yuku.com (PK) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:38:05 GMT

See DEBKAfile -here-

Israeli urgently orders two stealth corvettes from Germany

DEBKAfile Special Report

October 27, 2009, 5:55 PM (GMT+02:00)

German MEKO A-100 Corvette

DEBKAfile's military sources report that the two corvettes are needed to meet the build-up of Iranian submarines and Syria warships in the Mediterranean Sea...

article:"The Shifting Priorities of the Russian Navy"

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:32:03 GMT

I doubt this has been posted before:

Over the last two decades, the oceanic navy that Russia inherited from the Soviet Union has declined in size and quality. There were repeated calls from naval officers over the last decade for new construction and a revival of the navy. On Navy Day July 27, 2008 the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky spoke of a revival of Russian naval power over the next decade and declared that the...

Irish Navy Peacock Class Corvette "Le Ciara"

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:24 GMT
Just some recent pics:

3 More FREMMs ordered for French Navy

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:23:26 GMT
I don't think this has been posted before:

3 More FREMMs Ordered for French Navy
By pierre tran
Published: 8 Oct 2009 19:54

PARIS - DCNS has signed a contract to deliver three additional FREMM multimission frigates for the French Navy, bringing orders to the full complement of 11 ships, the naval...

AOR Cantabria begins Sea Trials

feeds@yuku.com (PK) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:37:05 GMT

See pics -here- like this one:

Infos about Cantabria on the Armada homepage -here-

KNM Helge Ingstad

feeds@yuku.com (FerrolX) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:55:56 GMT
Last tuesday 29, Norwegian Navy received the fourth -but not last- Fridtjof Nansen class frigate, the F313 Helge Ingstad. The event took place at Navantia Ferrol shipyards, here the pics (some ship views are from precedent days)...

LHD Juan Carlos I sea trials

feeds@yuku.com (FerrolX) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:50:13 GMT
Today the ship departed from Navantia Ferrol shipyard for first sea trials. Also, tomorrow will be layed the keel of australian LHD Canberra in the same shipyard.

Photos from 18 years of Croatian Navy celebration

feeds@yuku.com (Argosy23) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:50:47 GMT

Replaceing the F80 Santa Maria Class FFG's

feeds@yuku.com (skipper101) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:11:43 GMT

As Australian has invested considerably in Spanish designed ships.

I also would support the RAN building some BAM type ships to replace the Armidale / Leeuwin / Paluma class PB's and Hydro ships.

I would like to explore the possibility of replacing our Anzac class Frigate's with a combined Spanish / Australian Frigate programme. Does anyone have any information or thoughts on a design for a F80 Replacement?

HKP 15 (Agusta A 109-E) has landed on HMS Visby

feeds@yuku.com (Per Nordenberg) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:53:09 GMT
http://www.mil.se/sv/Forband-och-formagor/Forband/Helikopterflottiljen-Hkpflj/Nyheter/Forsta-helikopter-15-har-landat-pa-Visby/ (Sw text!)

The first landing test with a Swedish navy HKP 15 SBO (Ship Based Operations) and a Visby class corvette was carried out outside Karlskrona on the 28 August onboard HMS Visby, and...

Update:MISTRAL in St.Petersburg to spark Russian interest?

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:31:47 GMT

NOTE: This is an updated thread. Please scroll down for the latest update.

Will this mean they will take out some Yak Forgers out of mothballs to launch from her?

http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20090826/155931865.html
ULAN BATOR, August 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is planning on signing by the end of 2009 a contractual agreement...

New Norwegian OPV baptised, KV Barentshav

feeds@yuku.com (Kielland) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:17:41 GMT
The new Norwegian OPV KV Barentshav ("Barents Sea") was baptised this Saturday by Finance Minster Kristin Halvorsen.

http://www.mil.no/sjo/kv/start/nyheter/article.jhtml?articleID=188569 (Norwegian only)

Some interesting never build designs by TKMS...(AWD!)

feeds@yuku.com (MConrads) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:51:43 GMT
Hi,

the resurrection of a great thread. I recently found these pictures on the TKMS homepage:

An Angolan / Nigerian navy version of the MEKO A-200 from 2004:

Note the different radar and gun set compared to the MEKO A-200 SAN.

Here is an Saudi Arabian version from 2006:

The European Navies

Life on board an OPV in Arctic waters

German WWI submarine gun - anybody know what it is ?

Russian "Bulawa" Launch fails

New coast guard vessels (OPVs) underway for Norway

Italian Gaeta class MCMs to get British sonar

Russia's Polar "Sea Grab"

Russia's Polar Sea Grab

What if Question (Russian Federation)

"2 German Corvettes for Israel"

article:"The Shifting Priorities of the Russian Navy"

Irish Navy Peacock Class Corvette "Le Ciara"

3 More FREMMs ordered for French Navy

AOR Cantabria begins Sea Trials

KNM Helge Ingstad

LHD Juan Carlos I sea trials

Photos from 18 years of Croatian Navy celebration

Replaceing the F80 Santa Maria Class FFG's

HKP 15 (Agusta A 109-E) has landed on HMS Visby

Update:MISTRAL in St.Petersburg to spark Russian interest?

New Norwegian OPV baptised, KV Barentshav

Some interesting never build designs by TKMS...(AWD!)