Rheinmetall Completes Milestone with Christening of Final K130 Corvette for German Navy
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Rheinmetall Completes Milestone with Christening of Final K130 Corvette for German Navy
Rheinmetall Completes Milestone with Christening of Final K130 Corvette for German Navy (IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall has completed a significant milestone in its naval shipbuilding programme with the christening of the fifth K130-class corvette, named LÜBECK, at its Hamburg shipyard. The vessel is part of a second batch designed for coastal operations, particularly suited for reconnaissance and anti-surface missions in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Fo…
In Hamburg at the Blohm+Voss website of Rheinmetall was named the LÜBECK, the last of the five new multirole corvettes K130 of the second lot built for the German Navy. This ceremony is an important event for Rheinmetall because it is the first event of the kind for Rheinmetall since he organized the new Naval Systems division by purchasing NVL (Naval Vessels Lürssen)....
First ship baptism for RheinmetallOn Wednesday, April 29, 2026, the last of the five new corvettes class 130 (second lot) of the German Navy was named Lübeck by Huong Nguyen, partner of Lübeck's city president Henning Schumann, at the Hamburg Rheinmetall site Blohm+Voss.The management of the Rheinmetall division Naval Systems on behalf of ARGE K130 (Naval Systems, Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems and German Naval Yards Kiel) invited to the christeni…
On Wednesday a new corvette of the German Navy was christened at the Hamburg shipyard Blohm + Voss. The 89-meter-long "Lübeck" is to be used mainly for reconnaissance in the Baltic Sea.
Rheinmetall christens final K130 corvette Lübeck as German Navy programme reaches key construction milestone
The vessel, named LÜBECK, was formally christened during a ceremony attended by representatives from government, industry and the Bundeswehr. Among those present were Vice Admiral Axel Deertz, Jürgen Giefer and Jan Lindenau. The approximately 89-metre-long warship was christened by Huong Nguyen, partner of Lübeck City President Henning Schumann. The event marked the first ship christening ceremony of its kind for Rheinmetall. “The christening of…
Corvette LÜBECK: Rheinmetall celebrates first ship christening
Today, with the christening of the fifth K130-class corvette (second batch), we have reached a significant milestone in one of our current shipbuilding programs for the German Navy. The ceremony took place at Rheinmetall’s Blohm+Voss site in Hamburg and in the presence of representatives from politics, industry, and the Bundeswehr (The German Armed Forces), including Vice Admiral Axel Deertz (Deputy Inspector of the Navy and Commander of the Fle…
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