Damen Marine Components has received the order to design, engineer and produce eight rudders for the four F126 frigates that Damen Naval is building for the German Navy. Each vessel will be equipped with two rudders, developed to withstand extreme…
SHIPS MONTHLY February 2023 The February 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – Shieldhall ready for the 2023 season, new ferry MyStar debuts…
The offshore support vessel Topaz Tangaroa has been purchased by the UK Ministry of Defence for conversion to a Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship. She arrived at Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside in mid-January 2023 for conversion and will serve…
The American battleship USS Texas, commissioned in 1914 and considered the only surviving dreadnought to have served in both World War I and World II, has been successfully drydocked at the Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation shipyard at Galveston, Texas…
SHIPS MONTHLY January 2023 The January 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – New ro-ro ship Eco Italia enters the Grimaldi fleet,…
outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – UECC takes last newbuild car carrier, HMS Prince of Wales heads to Rosyth for repairs, Euronav sells the tanker ULCC Europe, and the historic Hispaniola’s final voyage on the Thames. Ferry – Work…
In November 2022 the future HMS Glasgow, first Type 26 frigate, is due to be launched from BAE Systems shipyard at Govan on the Clyde. with the assistance of a semi submersible barge, which will help to lower her into…
Damen Naval has selected German technology group Rheinmetall to supply eight state-of-the-art MLG27-4.0 defence systems for the F126 frigates the shipyard is building for the German Navy. Each frigate will be equipped with two MLG27-4.0 systems. The contract includes an…
November issue of Ships Monthly The November issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – Celebrating Matson’s 140 years, Swiss paddlers miss Lake parade, USS…
On 14 October 2022 the South African Navy (SAN) held a blessing ceremony for the second of three Multi Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV) at Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT). During the event, the vessel was blessed and a bottle…
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