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.
The Al Zubarah-class corvettes will be highly flexible and capable of fulfilling different kinds of tasks, from surveillance with sea rescue capacities to being fighting vessels.
The contract includes integrated logistics support and temporary support services for a duration of six years with an option to extend for another four.
Babcock has welcomed home HMS Montrose, part of the Royal Navy's Type 23 frigate fleet, to her Devonport base port following the ships 4-year deployment from the UK.
Swedish Defense materiel organization FMV Director Naval Division Patric Hjorth performed the keel laying ceremony for the series of Stan Tug 1706 ICE vessels at Albwardy Damen.
