Regarding HMS Glasgow's 2026 in service date, if suspect that's actually the date ready for full operational service as first of class it will have extensive trials for 18-24 mths so the real date is probably nearer 2023 and chances are the 2nd and third ships will be ready for duty by 2026 too rath...

The RAN put its investment into its expanded Submarine replacement programme so it won't be in the market for a Carrier anytime soon. They have studied the F-35B option for the Canberra's and decided not to progress down that route. Basically because they felt they could cover the fleet with the RAA...

I caught the shoddy reporting on the BBC yesterday morning where the presenters were clueless and the researchers fed up the usual guff from an abbreviated Wiki story with all the negative questions, just before she was due to sail in. So much so that I decided to watch the half hour Forces TV speci...

Dave Cullen has stated in the last couple of hours that QE is having a few days R&R then going to berth for fuel. Well its a mix of RN crew and ACA civilian technicians so I would guess they get weekends off and some will probably return home whilst some of the crew will get shore leave. On a p...

Didn't the original design include a JBD? I seem to remember one being included before the switch to CATOBAR in 2010. The CATOBAR design obviously included one but then it disappeared when the design switched back to STOVL Yes the early designs had a JBD but they are rather expensive and as indicat...

Engaging Strategy wrote:Navy News a while back indicated that the names would be related to the Battle of the Atlantic. No Towns sadly.

Bird class - Peacock, Starling etc, Flowers or maybe Lochs ?

Why does each vessel name of the class have to start with the same letter, to my knowlage that's only been done with the T45s and Astutes. The T23s don't follow that pattern so why should the T26s They don't as such, some classes are named for the Alphabet, others classes have different common them...

The QEC are STOVL carriers and designed around that capability and price constraints. If to be classed as anything they would be fouth generation STOVL carriers, the Spanish Dedalo being the first, Invincible's 2nd, Cavour the 3rd as designed to operate Harrier & F-35B with QNLZ being 4th giving...

Typical of the back stabbing crab air again. If they do then JFL becomes a farce again and the Carrier Strike element should go to the RN and their should be a minimum of 72 aircraft, preferably 90 for an active reserve to ensure full Carrier Strike capability as and when required. The F-35A won't b...

cj bearing in mind that they going to shut down bridges and poss be at night Monday ,was thinking of driving up on Monday day and take a chance but where can you recommend the best view points along the forth to head for ,thankyou again in advance Port Edgar Marina, South Queensferry and the Hawes ...

I was under the impression that the Wasp Class would eventually be replaced by the sub-class of America Class with well deck, Check the DID; they have the order recorded, all the way to the launch date/ year. Yesterday's edition, I think. I have had to beef up my security (you should see the bugs m...

Interesting but its just an unquoted piece as yet and not corroborated. However it does show a failing of the process, they tested a prototype system on land and then immediately designed a new super carrier around it and started building it. They should have really fitted the kit into one of the mo...

During the period when CATOBAR was in play was the parallel deck design as intended for CAV 01 considered? It has always seemed to me that such an arrangement would have been ideally suited to QEC rather than the traditional angled deck. No you can see from the model photos I posted that it returne...

Its OK my dad was FAA and loved the museum I think he was just a looking a little concerned incase I decided to build one in that scale as I taking a lot of photo's. He went relatively quickly last year and due to be being made redundant I was on hand to act as a carer for him for those final months...

What would the overall length of a CATOBAR QE/PoW have been? Seems longer with that angled deck extension on the stern/transom. I'm not sure if they ever published them or it could be they didn't really count the flight deck round down but the width change it more relevant for dock clearances. At l...

Little J wrote:The fella in the background doesn't seem impressed...


Or maybe he's pissed that it never came to be!?!

That would be my father, who served on HMS Ocean & Triumph 46-48 in the med under 805 and then 800 sqdns servicing Seafires. He sadly passed away last year

Thought you like some pics of the model of PWLS in CATOBAR configuration that was on display at Yeovilton a couple of years back, they had reverted to just the QNLZ model the following year when I revisited. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/Thorvic/Carriers/FAA%20Yeovilton%20037_zpsjqvppopd.jp...

2 weeks old folks http://i.imgur.com/uHwCSjE.jpg http://i.imgur.com/BoqeqUw.jpg http://i.imgur.com/3Z0PtsQ.jpg Talk about sad, but I remember when CJ got miffed that they robbed him of his best vantage point when they started to work on that Bridge !!!. Its finished now along with QNLZ :o :shock:

Are Phalanx CIWS allready installed? No you can see the platforms are empty. Those and the 30mm guns along with the passive systems will be added once the ship gets to Portsmouth. Thinking about that will that mean them turning the ship in the harbour or leaving the harbour to turn round as I doubt...

So, what do you think that the effect of recent Corbyn's attacks on May ( because of her role as 6-years Home Secretary ) will be on elections? That's was just to stir things up before the press could look at bollocks he's spoken about in the past saying that supporting isis is just a political opi...

Great pic looks like my theory on Artisan was wrong. :oops: Not easy to tell CJ a tree in the background sort of hides PWLZ aft mast to some extent Thanks man, im off to Croatia for the next 2 weeks, I hope that she doesn't sail before I get back. Oh good grief you wait 8 years to see her sail, and...

cockneyjock1974 wrote:Great pic looks like my theory on Artisan was wrong.

Not easy to tell CJ a tree in the background sort of hides PWLZ aft mast to some extent

I'm guessing the LCS missile requirement is a very unique specifications which has led the others to drop out, so I wouldn't use it as a guideline for Type 26 as such. I'm hoping they may do an UOR and buy in new Harpoons and/or Tomahawk as a stop gap for the Anglo French Stormshadow replacement. Th...

marktigger wrote:https://www.ft.com/content/3f2e15c4-408 ... 6b95f30f58

be nice to see Babcock getting the contract but would BaE make the necessary savings and hand it over to Babcock

Might help to describe the article as its a subscription news site, so we have no idea what you are talking about - sorry

For those who asked: the UK numbers are exactly what we were expecting and confirm what was contained in the last NAO Carrier Strike report. Considering the 2 years (roughly) time between contract and delivery (which means that LRIP 12 is the contract for FY 2018 and delivers in FY 2020); and assum...