German Navy

Jellicoe's victory rendered the German Navy unable to again confront the Royal Navy during World War 1 and Churchill later described him as the only man on-either-side, "who could decide the outcome of the World War in an afternoon". Less well known is that the great admiral toured the Empire's Pacific ...

That CMU has two — a three-rotor device used by the German army and air force and a four-rotor device used by the German navy famously to keep secret the movements and locations of its destructive U-boat fleet — puts the university in exclusive company. The technology underlying the Enigma ...

At this time, 95 of the army's 244 Leopard battle tanks are operational, zero of the German navy's six submarines are in operation and zero of the 15 frigates are in service. The report arrives as Germany is slated to lead NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) at the beginning of 2019, a critical ...

The German Navy is running out of ships; all but one of its submarines are grounded for lack of replacement parts. A new internal report notes that of the army's 244 main battle tanks — already a small number — only 105 are in working order. The air force is even worse — it can put only a fourth of its small ...

The chance that Damen Shipyards, the largest shipyard in the Netherlands, will land a €3.5bn order to build four advanced frigates for the German navy has increased significantly, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Friday. Earlier this week, the Gorinchem-based shipbuilder was one of three yards in the ...

The German Navy's third F125 class frigate, the Sachsen-Anhalt, has sailed for the first time from the shipyard in Hamburg, Thyssenkrupp announced on 22 February. The ship will undergo in-port trials, which will see its technical systems and equipment, including propulsion system, manoeuvring ...

The German Navy's third F125-class frigate, the future FGS Sachsen-Anhalt, has commenced its maiden journey from the Hamburg shipyard to carry out a series of in-port trials. The trials are to be conducted over a period of nearly two weeks and will involve the assessment of the vessel's technical systems ...

Germany's military hardware woes continue worsen: the German Parliament has announced that none of the German Navy's submarines are in operational condition. The navy maintains six submarines, but accidents and wear and tear have rendered all of them unusable. "It's a real disaster for the navy, ...

The German Navy is running out of ships that are fit for combat and will soon be unable to deploy after the retirement of several frigates and auxiliary ships due to their seniority, warns the president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Parliament, Hans-Peter Bartels. “It's a real disaster for the ...

Auxiliary ships suffered the same fate, with two German Navy replenishment vessels, 'Berlin' and 'Bonn', being sent for a 1.5-year refit. He also said the situation is dire because of bureaucracy in the defense agencies as well as military contractors' reluctance to supply necessary spare parts on time.

A German flag on a minesweeper of the German Navy blows in the wind as the ship stands in port Nov. 9, 2006, in Kiel, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images). COLOGNE, Germany — Germany's planned acquisition of a new frigate-like warship has triggered an industry debate that goes something like this: ...

28, 2018) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), right, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) and the German navy Sachsen-class frigate FGS Hessen (F221). Harry S. Truman has successfully completed ...

In the case of the German navy's 21 Westland Sea Kings and 22 Sea Lynx, the problem is simple: the elderly helicopters – introduced in 1975 and 1981, respectively – are reaching the end of their natural lives. The navy struggled to maintain the minimum deployable fleets for both types throughout 2017, ...

served in the German Navy for 38 years and served as Commander-in-Chief of the German Fleet and Commander-in-Chief of Naval Staff. Since retiring in 2006, Vice Admiral Feldt has taken over several different posts of honor: he was the President of the German Maritime Institute, Bonn, from 2007 to 2012 ...