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Video: Naval Group Lays Keel of 1st MCM Mothership for Belgium
On 30 November 2021, French shipbuilder Naval Group laid the keel for the first of the twelve Oostende-class mine countermeasure vessels…
5 December 2021
On 30 November 2021, French shipbuilder Naval Group laid the keel for the first of the twelve Oostende-class mine countermeasure vessels…
French shipbuilder Naval Group announced that it has launched the first Gowind corvette for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy. The launch ceremony took place today in presence of H.E. Sheikh Saeed bin Hamdan Al-Nahyan, Commander of the UAE Naval Forces.
On 30 November 2021, Naval Group has laid the keel for the first of the twelve mine countermeasure vessels of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program…
China’ fourth Type 055 Destroyer (NATO reporting name: Renhai-class cruiser) was commissioned on 11 November 2021 with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy)’s North Sea Fleet. The vessel is named after Anshan (鞍山), a large city in Liaoning province, located in northeastern China.
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley officially commissioned two Cape Class Patrol Boats at a ceremony held at the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard base in Chaguaramas, on 28 November 2021.
China’s third amphibious assault ship, a Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) known as Type 075, departed the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard (Shanghai) to start its sea trials on November 25. The vessel is intended for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy).
Naval Group rolled out the second Barracuda type nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on 26 November 2021 at its submarine shipyard in Cherbourg, Normandie. The “Duguay-Trouin” (S636) is the second Suffren-class SSN.
The Indian Navy today commissioned INS Vela, its fourth Scorpene type submarine. Vela follows INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi and INS Karanj. Two more submarine of the class will join the Indian Navy fleet as part of P-75 program.
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) announced today that it has successfully delivered a ‘methanol steam reforming plant for submarine fuel cells’ at the Siheung R&D campus.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) multi-mission frigate (FREMM) “Alsace” entered “active duty” (admission au service actif in French) on 22 November 2021. It is the seventh Aquitaine-class FREMM overall but the first of two air-defense frigate in the FREMM DA (Frégate Européenne Multimissions de Défense Aérienne) variant.
