Naval auxiliary/support vessels

Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | January 25 – Brazil’s newest submarine, Turkish and Taiwanese frigates and more

The Turkish Navy commissions its newest surface combatant while the Brazilian Navy welcomes a locally-built submarine into service. A fast transport with a range of onboard medical facilities is handed over to the US Navy. Finally, a Taiwanese yard starts construction of a light frigate for anti-submarine missions. Turkish Navy commissions lead ship of new […]

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VESSEL REVIEW | PNT Bholu – Pakistan Navy places versatile harbour tug into service

The Pakistan Navy has placed a new ASD harbour tug to provide towing and ship handling support for the service’s other surface vessels. PNT Bholu was built by local company Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works in partnership with UK-based the Tor Group to a design by Scottish naval architecture...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Nahshon – Israeli Navy landing craft with 2,000-tonne transport capacity

The Israeli Navy recently welcomed a new landing craft into service. Built by Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana, INS Nahshon has an LOA of 95 metres, a beam of 20 metres, a draught of 4.2 metres, and a displacement of approximately 2,500 tonnes. In addition to transporting troops, cargo with a total...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Kalkgrund & Stollergrund – Survey and weapons test support boats for German Navy

The German Navy recently took delivery of two new survey and weapons test support vessels from German shipyard Fassmer. Named after two shoals off the town of Flensburg and the city of Kiel, Kalkgrund and Stollergrund were designed to perform diverse roles such as coastal survey, marine research,...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Bolder – Small electric mooring tug for Royal Netherlands Navy

The Royal Netherlands Navy recently acquired the first vessel in a new series of three small line handling tugs built by local boatbuilder Stormer Marine. Bolder and its sisters Beting and Bakspier will replace the navy’s five Schelde-class tugs, which have been in service since the 1980s. Their...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Yakov Lapushkin – Russian Navy small survey boat for offshore and littoral waters

Vympel Shipyard, a division of Russia’s state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, has handed over a new small hydrographic survey vessel to the Russian Navy. The vessel has been named Yakov Lapushkin in honour of a navy admiral best known for heading the Soviet Navy’s hydrographic arm during the...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Matawha – Fast multi-role boats for Royal New Zealand Navy

The Royal New Zealand Navy has taken delivery of three new high-speed craft in a series built by Australia-based the PFG Group via its Sentinel Boats division. The 12.6- by 3.73-metre littoral manoeuvre craft (LMC) have been named Matawha (“Copper Shark”), Ururoa (“Great White Shark”), and Mako...

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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | November 1 – South African inshore patrol vessel, Canadian naval support ship and more

The South African Navy christens its newest patrol vessel while the Royal New Zealand Navy welcomes three new fast boats to its littoral warfare force. Construction meanwhile continues on a patrol vessel for the Nigerian Navy and a support ship for the Royal Canadian Navy. South African Navy christens second Warrior-class patrol vessel The South […]

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Survey completed on wrecks of 30 ships lost in 1940 Dunkirk evacuation

The Department of Underwater and Submarine Archaeological Research (Département des recherches archéologiques subaquatiques et sous-marines; DRASSM) of the French Ministry of Culture has surveyed 30 wrecks sunk during the rescue of 338,000 Allied soldiers from Dunkirk early in the Second World War. The survey, which was done in partnership with preservation group Historic England, shows […]

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COLUMN | Asymmetrical warfare drives shift in dynamic of sea combat off Ukraine [Naval Gazing]

Offshore aspects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict have brought into sharp focus the rising profile of asymmetrical naval warfare, with uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) assuming a dominant role. Russia has deployed warships of its Black Sea Fleet in support of a three-pronged maritime strategy, focused on offshore blockade enforcement, the launching from seaward of land attack […]

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