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On Saturday, March 19 at 10 a.m., the corvette “Braunschweig” returned from the UNIFIL mission (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) under the command of Corvette Captain Pascal Störk (40). The corvette is welcomed by the mayor of the Hanseatic and university city of Rostock, Claus Ruhe Madsen (49). “The navy has a long and important tradition in the Hanseatic…
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On Thursday, October 28, 2021, the German Navy will take over the construction of the future Naval Command Center (FüZ M) in the Hanse Barracks in Rostock. The multifunctional building on Kopernikusstraße will bundle the most important management levels of the Navy in the coming years and thus strengthen the ability of national and alliance defense in its function. Part…
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June 12, 2021 (Google Translation) – On Sunday, June 13th, 2021 at 4:45 pm, the corvette “Braunschweig” will leave her home port of Warnemünde to take part in the UNIFIL mission (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) off the Lebanese coast. Under the command of frigate captain Philipp Wohlrab (38), the crew “Bravo” will go on a sea voyage to…
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October 23, 2020 (Google Translation) – On Saturday, October 24th, 2020 at 10 am, the corvette “Ludwigshafen am Rhein” will return to her home port of Warnemünde under the command of frigate captain Thorsten Vögler (39). The corvette was deployed for 17 months in UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) and covered over 67,000 nautical miles. During this time…
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September 10, 2020 (Google Translation) – On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 11.30 am, the corvette “Magdeburg” will leave the home port of Warnemünde and set out with her 60-strong crew to Limassol (Cyprus). Under the command of frigate captain Thorsten Schäfer (44), the “Echo” crew will replace the “Ludwigshafen am Rhein” corvette and the “Delta” crew in the area…
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September 9, 2020 – The Royal Navy has committed to supporting Germany setting up a new headquarters for NATO operations. It has signed a binding agreement with its continental counterpart – which includes providing a liaison officer to the new German Maritime Force (DEU MARFOR) taking shape in Rostock. From the middle of this decade, the headquarters will not only…
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August 31, 2020 (Google Translation) – From August 31, 2020 to September 7, 2020 the maneuver “German Exercise 2020 (GEREX)” will take place in the western Baltic Sea. The multinational exercise “Northern Coasts” (NOCO) had to be canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting limited participation of foreign navies. Thereupon the inspector of the navy, Vice…
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