Naval News – 2 Companies team up to dismantle defueled former US Navy aircraft carrier in Mobile, USA – November 2024
Two companies have teamed up to compete for a Navy contract to dismantle world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the former USS ENTERPRISE CVN 65 (now known as the EX ENTERPRISE) NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services, LLC, a subsidiary of NorthStar Group Services, Inc. (NorthStar) and Modern American Recycling and Radiological Services, LLC (MARRS), a subsidiary of […]
Naval News – German Navy Frigate FGS HESSEN F 221 involved in drone shooting at the Red Sea – 27.02.2024
Last Tuesday 27th February, 2024 the German Navy Type 124 Sachsen class frigate FGS HESSEN F 221 has downed two Houthi drones at close range while operating in the Red Sea. In addition, the frigate accidentally fired on an American MQ-9 Reaper drone while confused as to its identity. This spate of action comes just a […]
Naval News – Turkish Navy decommissions TCG SOKULLU MEHMET PASA A 577 – 24.02.2024
On Saturday 24th February, the Turkish Naval Forces (Turk Deniz Kuvvetleri) or Turkish Navy announced that the Rhein class training ship TCG SOKULLU MEHMET PASA A 577 will be decommissioned. She was built in Schlichting Shipyard in Travemunde, Germany as FGS DONAU A 69 and commissioned to the German Navy on 23rd May 1964 after she […]
Anti Piracy Vessels – DE 421
One of the fishing vessels that was converted into an anti piracy vessel is the Maltese (MLT) Flag vessel DE 421. She was built at Muggia, Trieste in Italy in 1994 as PUCCIO SECONDO with fishing matricola as CT 2850 homeported a Catania, Italy. During 2015 she use to operate for a Maltese company and […]
Former Military – TREVOSE
A prototype General Service Launch built in UK for the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineeers of the British Army is still trading with her original name – TREVOSE. She was built in 1964 by Thornycroft, Southampton with 74 tons Displacement as a General Service Launch for the War Department Fleet, performing duties with the Royal […]
