Egyptian Navy Unveils Cutting-Edge Frigate ENS Al-Jabbar at Alexandria Shipyard
Egypt’s Navy unveils its Al-Jabbar frigate, armed with advanced tech and strategic capabilities for maritime defense.
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Naval Group Launches Greece’s First Belharra-class Frigate
The Hellenic Navy welcomes its first Belharra-class frigate, HS Kimon, a maritime marvel boosting European security and defense capabilities.
South Korea’s New Frigate a Symbol of Resolve Against North Korea
The South Korean Navy has commissioned its newest frigate, the ROKS Cheonan (FFG-826), honoring the namesake of a previously sunken vessel.
Watch: Norway releases footage of EOD divers pulling missiles from sunken frigate
Last month, the Norwegian Frigate Helge Ingstad collided with a much larger tanker ship in a Norwegian fjord. Unlike previous high-profile incidents involving U.S. Navy vessels colliding with civilian ships, however, the Helge Ingstad quickly found itself taking on too much water for its onboard pumps to manage. As a result, the $400 million frigate […]
Norwegian frigate sunk in collision with oil tanker
November 8th. At 0403 hours local time, the Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad, F303, collided with the Maltese-flagged ship Sola TS — a 60,000-ton oil tanker which had just taken on a load of crude oil at the Sture Oil Terminal on Alvøyna Island, twenty-two miles North-West of Bergen Norway. The Ingstad had been participating in […]
The Pic of the Day: The Russian Navy’s newest frigate – the Admiral Makarov
The Admiral Makarov, a Russian Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate, is the latest vessel to join Russia’s Black Sea fleet. The Black Sea has seen heightened tensions between Russian and NATO forces since Russia’s 2014 military annexation of Crimea. Image courtesy of the Russian Ministry of Defense Watch the Admiral Makarov conduct missile defense drills below:
Watch: Missile fails to clear launch tube on German Frigate
Amid a slew of headlines regarding the ailing state of the German military, a mishap aboard the FGS Sachsen last week saw an American made SM-2 missile fail to clear its launch tube when fired, creating a spectacular fireball that injured two sailors and caused extensive damage to the ship. The vessel, accompanied by the […]
Russia launched a powerful new frigate — but there are still lingering problems for the program’s future
Russia commissioned its newest frigate, Admiral Makarov, just before the end of 2017. The ship is an Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate, but plans for the class’ full implementation are running into difficulty. The Russian Navy in currently reliant on corvettes for most of its missions due to complications with larger ships, but is slowly trying to […]
German engineering yields new warship that isn’t fit for sea
Germany’s naval brass in 2005 dreamed up a warship that could ferry marines into combat anywhere in the world, go up against enemy ships and stay away from home ports for two years with a crew half the size of its predecessor’s. First delivered for sea trials in 2016 after a series of delays, the […]
Royal Navy deploys frigate to escort Russian warship near UK waters: Defensive strategy or political statement?
A British warship was dispatched to escort a Russian naval vessel as it passed by U.K. territorial waters on Christmas Day, continuing a British tradition of making political statements in such a manner. The HMS St Albans, a Royal Navy frigate, was sent to intercept and escort Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov, a warship of the same […]
On this day in history: The United States Navy is born
The U. S. Navy is the most powerful force the waters of the world have ever seen. It has more ships than anyone (by far), superior technology, and a staggering number of sailors working on its behalf. The sheer, literal weight of the equipment far outweighs any near competitor simply because they’ve got so much […]
The U.S. Navy is looking to dump the LCS for a better, more capable frigate
Despite a significant investment, the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has garnered its fair share of detractors, and it would seem the Navy has now decided to move on from the design it touts as “the future” of Naval warfare. According to a Request for Information (RFI) posted by the U.S. Navy’s Office of […]
