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Suspected sabotage on corvette discovered

Security authorities are currently dealing with a suspected act of sabotage on the "Emden". According to this, the Hamburg State Criminal Police Office has taken over the case. The Inspector of the Navy, Jan Christian Kaack, confirmed that saboteurs had even caused targeted damage to warships in Germany in more than one case. There was "destruction, i.e. sabotage, on more than one unit". Appropriate measures have been taken in the shipyards. Unknown persons have dumped dozens of kilograms of metal shavings into the propulsion of the "Emden". This was discovered during an inspection of the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg shortly before the first departure from there on Jan 13, 2025. The ship has been cleaned before it went into operation. The shipyard has not yet handed the ship over to the Navy. According to naval experts, such pieces of metal can cause considerable damage to the ship if they are not discovered - and possibly delay delivery to the German Navy for a long time. The background to the sabotage attempts is still unclear. The 'Emden', however, is to be used for maritime surveillance, an important task, especially at a time when NATO is warning of an increase in hybrid attacks by Russia, including in the Baltic Sea region.