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Naval operation decided: Frigate Hessen F 221 sets course for the Red Sea

Naval operation decided: Frigate Hessen F 221 sets course for the Red Sea and takes part in protecting merchant ships from attacks by the Houthi militias from Yemen. The 143 meter long German frigate [...]

Submarine U 17 transport from Kiel through the Kiel Canal

Submarine U 17 transport from Kiel through the Kiel Canal on April 29, 2023 and further via Rotterdam into the Rhine to the Sinsheim Museum of Technology in Baden-Württemberg. Last voyage for the U [...]

Frigates of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 in Kiel Naval Base

Frigates of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 in the Kiel naval base: Frigates are attacked in the Kiel Fjord during an exercise by soldiers from the Special Forces Command of the Navy (KSM). [...]

F 265 Köln Braunschweig-class corvette at the Kiel naval base

F 265 Köln corvette of the Braunschweig class in the Kiel naval base: On February 26th, 2023 the new corvette of the Navy was at the Gorch-Fock-Mole in Kiel. Rare guest at the naval [...]

Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 in Kiel

Many naval vessels in the naval base in Kiel on February 19th, 2023: Permanent NATO mine countermeasures group 1 is a guest in the naval port of Kiel. There has been a lot going [...]

Sail training ship Gorch Fock back in the home port of Kiel

Sail training ship Gorch Fock back in the home port of Kiel. Return on March 25, 2022 to the naval base in Kiel. Welcome back! After several months of training with stations on the [...]

Frigate Hessen (F 221) leaves the naval base in Kiel

Frigate Hessen (F 221) leaves the naval base in Kiel and passes the Kiel Fjord on its way to the Baltic Sea. The frigate Hessen was a guest at the Kiel-Wik naval base from [...]

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Bundeswehr sends more warships to reinforce NATO’s northern flank

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Bundeswehr sends more warships to reinforce NATO's northern flank. Five mine countermeasures units and a tender left the Kiel-Wik naval base today, Monday. Due to growing tensions with Russia and against the background [...]

Bundeswehr sends corvette Erfurt, fleet service boat Alster and other forces to Eastern Europe

The Bundeswehr sends the corvette Erfurt (F 262), the fleet service boat Alster (A 50) and other forces to the Baltic Sea and Eastern Europe to reinforce NATO's eastern flank. Due to the current [...]

Sail training ship Gorch Fock back in the home port of Kiel

The sail training ship Gorch Fock is back in its home port of Kiel. Arrival of the Gorch Fock on October 4th, 2021 at the Kiel-Wik naval base with salt shots for the ceremonial [...]