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- 15 Jan 2024, 22:36
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: RFA Fort Victoria
- Replies: 176
- Views: 78205
Re: RFA Fort Victoria
Anyone know where RFA Fort Victoria is she’s not at Cammell Lairds and her AIS is turned off
- 15 Jan 2024, 22:02
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships
- Replies: 179
- Views: 29304
Re: Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships
Ron5 wrote: ↑15 Jan 2024, 14:17Being Liverpool, bet you thought it had been knickedAR9 wrote: ↑15 Jan 2024, 09:09Phew - been past this morning and it wasn’t there just Proteus so was wondering if I was seeing thingswirralpete wrote: ↑14 Jan 2024, 23:53 Must have been this one left tranmere (lairds) 12 hours ago Boka Topaz now in Liverpool bay/ Irish Sea
- 15 Jan 2024, 19:29
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships
- Replies: 179
- Views: 29304
Re: Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships
Yeah said that see above was the OSV Boka Topaz
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9382815
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9382815
- 14 Jan 2024, 23:53
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships
- Replies: 179
- Views: 29304
Re: Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships
Must have been this one left tranmere (lairds) 12 hours ago Boka Topaz now in Liverpool bay/ Irish Sea
- 14 Jan 2024, 22:27
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships
- Replies: 179
- Views: 29304
Re: Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships
Yeah weird just checked on AIS myself was definitely a blue colour similar ship to Proteus questioning myself now want me to drive down lol And was in the wet basin with one of the Tides weird it’s not showing up
- 14 Jan 2024, 22:15
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships
- Replies: 179
- Views: 29304
- 23 Jan 2023, 09:03
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
- Replies: 8490
- Views: 2192331
Re: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Or 2 taps 2 saw 45 2 31’s nice good for us east of suez
- 20 Oct 2022, 09:22
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 562026
Re: Future Solid Support Ship
And the skills necessary to build from scratch pal
- 20 Oct 2022, 08:26
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 562026
Re: Future Solid Support Ship
Gotta realise cammell laird already hand in glove with BAe barrow building forward sections of astute and dreadnought if we go with bae design gotta be lairds no chance H&w got skills that lairds have….. 3 fss 6 mrss 10 year build 10 year RFA contract gotta go back to basics chaps
- 14 Aug 2020, 03:20
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 562026
Re: Future Solid Support Ship
More time lapse for ya Ron
- 13 Aug 2020, 23:07
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 562026
Re: Future Solid Support Ship
Yeah all them buildings are in use on repair side of yard Does beg the question do ya need to build it and put It together ala the carriers in a dock or could you just build it in the big shed and move it forward as you add blocks to it like they did with RRS David Attenborough And launch it old sch...
- 13 Aug 2020, 22:10
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 562026
Re: Future Solid Support Ship
Dock 5 was a non starter for QEC carriers due to the priory cos the flight deck was so wide not the FSS
Though could be right for fitting a Goliath crane and strengthening foundations
Though could be right for fitting a Goliath crane and strengthening foundations
- 13 Aug 2020, 21:58
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 562026
Re: Future Solid Support Ship
Ron RRS David Attenborough was launched off the slipway in front of the build hall old school style
- 13 Aug 2020, 21:54
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 562026
Re: Future Solid Support Ship
Weird I know but beam of tides and waves must be less at dock level than at deck level a wave was definitely in 6 dock few weeks back and also seen a tide in 7 dock which has Diamond in at moment havin engines replaced Will try and take photos at weekend when home https://www.clbh.co.uk/facilities T...
- 13 Aug 2020, 16:03
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 562026
Re: Future Solid Support Ship
https://www.clbh.co.uk/project-news/modular-construction-expertise-put-cammell-laird-premier-league-shipbuilding https://www.maritimeindustries.org/Member-News/cammell-laird--supporting-britains-hunter-killer-submarine-programme https://www.polarismedia.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CammellLaird-...
- 13 Aug 2020, 14:51
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 562026
Re: Future Solid Support Ship
I agree though no votes in it for Boris on Merseyside lol
Does give a hedge against any Scottish independence referendum in future as well given BAE close ties to lairds they built blocks of QE and POW and blocks of recent Astute subs
Does give a hedge against any Scottish independence referendum in future as well given BAE close ties to lairds they built blocks of QE and POW and blocks of recent Astute subs
- 13 Aug 2020, 14:31
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 562026
Re: Future Solid Support Ship
How about this for a plan: 1. CL & Bae partner up on a new venture : English Big Docks Inc 2. Dig a big dock in that spare land, big enough for QE/POW, with removable cover in case it rains (I'm a caring employer) 3. Build additional sheds to make blocks & other bits to be dropped into big ...
- 22 Jul 2020, 08:27
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: USA Armed Forces
- Replies: 2091
- Views: 111407
Re: USA Armed Forces
Confirmation upto 200 aircraft replacing oldest c/d models in their inventory
- 19 Apr 2018, 01:49
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Royal Navy SSK?
- Replies: 474
- Views: 121438
Re: Royal Navy SSK?
Jeez thank f@@k for that
- 28 Mar 2018, 12:45
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Dreadnought Class SSBN
- Replies: 709
- Views: 282241
Re: Dreadnought Class SSBN
Hot tip been covered by announcement in House of Commons today by PM of extra £600m of funding direct from Treasury and £200m carried over from previous year of savings to fund extra astute and dreadnought costs hopefully in year savings will fund extra costs upto rebalancing of mod budget later in ...
- 22 Feb 2018, 14:59
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
- Replies: 8490
- Views: 2192331
Re: Type 31 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
Looking at the cgi images could the sea ceptor missiles be the ones located amidships as the strike length silos would surely impact on the mission bay space below? The space on there could surely fit upto 48 ported from each T23. The silos to the rear of the gun raised above the deck would seem mor...
- 30 Apr 2017, 20:25
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River-class Offshore Patrol Vessels [News Only]
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7772
Re: River-class Offshore Patrol Vessels [News Only]
Clyde following in 2019 That will be interesting, with "escort" numbers being stretched and no comparable "guard ship" to step in. That will be interesting, with "escort" numbers being stretched and no comparable "guard ship" to step in. Enterprise again? Sur...
- 28 Apr 2017, 12:00
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Astute Class Attack Submarine (SSN) (RN)
- Replies: 850
- Views: 305160
Re: Astute Class Attack Submarine (SSN) (RN)
Audacious roll out from Devonshire Dock Hall http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/Easy-does-it-awe-inspiring-sight-of-fourth-Astute-class-boat-to-leave-DDH-in-Barrow-attracts-onlookers-5cc3de9f-980d-4274-be57-08386d44b07 Question for anyone - How long does it take for a boat to go from roll out to 1...
- 29 Nov 2016, 16:23
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 562026
- 29 Nov 2016, 16:11
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rest in peace RN :-(
- Replies: 142
- Views: 6484
Re: Rest in peace RN :-(
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