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 [...]
New Egyptian frigate Al-Qahhar 905 on sea trials
New Egyptian frigate Al-Qahhar 905 on a sea trial: Type MEKO A200 frigate in the Kiel Fjord and return to the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) shipyard on December 2nd, 2022. Here the warship AL-QAHHAR [...]
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 [...]
More money for the Norwegian Navy: Norway is increasing its defense budget for 2022
More money for the Norwegian Navy: Norway is increasing its defense budget for 2022. According to Defense Minister Enoksen, the defense budget for the current year 2022 will be increased by a further 300 [...]
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 [...]
US fleet supplier USNS Supply visits the naval port of Kiel
US fleet supplier USNS Supply visits the naval port of Kiel in mid-June 2021. With the Supply, one of the largest combat support ships in the US Navy had now moored at the Kiel naval [...]
Frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F 225) at the Kiel naval base
The new frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F 225) of the German Navy at the naval base in Kiel - the warship not yet in service is expected to be handed over to the German Navy in [...]
Kiel Week 2020 postponed from June to September due to the corona pandemic
The Kiel Week 2020 has been postponed from June to September 2020 due to the current corona pandemic. The largest sailing event in the world will not take place at the end of June as [...]