Talk of rudder damage, and a coupling failure suggests the outer prop shaft detached from the inner shaft allowing the prop to move backwards until it came into contact with the starboard rudder. I'm just reading between the lines, but it was clear that she left Portsmouth on one shaft, having mis d...

I thought an increase in Beam would reduce speed. An increase in length to beam ratio would increase speed, given the same propulsion.

Hope this happens. With Japan on board, Tempest will literally take off, it will Bring huge trade knock ons and it means we don't need to involve anyone else.
Too many cooks and all that.

How's Bob getting on?

Any ideas or views on latest delay in sailing HMS Dauntless?

40 years since the attack on HMS Sheffield.
RIP Mickey.

Yep, best plane ever. FB6 with 4 cannon, four machine guns, two 500lb bombs and 8 rockets.
The ultimate WW2 beast.

Whatever the Final number, I hardly consider it to be an increase in view of the original intended number.
And we can't forget we've already lost one.
I would also like to see F35 as a Navy only asset. Just a shame we will never own enough to fill two carriers.

A good place to start would be to give the Red Arrows Tranche 1 Typhies. Get every one in the Air Asap, plenty of scope to get Pilots too. A fair few available who recently left to call upon. A quick fix to get sqd'n numbers up, ripe for future F35 or Tempest replacement. We can't get caught with ou...

I would like to see Monmouth sent for LIFEX. If we're serious about increased Hull numbers, this would help untill more New builds ramp up.

Yep, drumbeat is not a rude word. I would like to see a policy of starting a new ship every year. With a 25 yr life, this eventually gives a 25 ship Escort fleet. Saves wasting money on expensive LIFEX like refits. Giving higher ship availability, we could even get back to 4 Escort squadrons of 5 mi...

Checkout Porthminster beach webcam NOW.
Can't make out the name or pennant number, but a T23 is anchored just off St Ives. I think it's Westminster?

Just build another T26, but a one off GP Light, and paint her Dark blue with a nice Gold band down the side and a Red funnel. Obviously a T31 would be cheaper, but not really a UK design, so defeats the object. Plus the mission bay space would make a cracking conference venue.

Sorted

Didn't Spot the typo, bloody auto correct.

Should have been 'Surface' fleet.

Anyway a reduction in surface fleet, while aspiring to a bigger fleet shows poor historic planning.

What do we have presently?

10 ish deployable ships, each with its own unique set of issues.

Shocking.

Some part of me thinks she can work more. Some part of me thinks she worked much longer than originally planned. Some part of me thinks can it be exported, with upgrades? https://twitter.com/sebh1981/status/1463144234484183042 I agree, but not to sell her, she should have completed refit and retain...

And now the Media are interested.

Typical.

Glad pilot is OK.

Make hay while the sun shines. Building T31 to a steady drumbeat, drives down cost, further improving export Potential?

Build T32 at Portsmouth.

I wouldn't say they were knackered, passed their prime, but clearly still functional, as most Trafalgar's are decommissioned after a final deployment. I'm just suggesting they get hooked up to the mains for as long as safely possible, after that last cruise? Certainly the refuelled Vanguard's could ...

With plans to adopt Submarine derived Nuclear Reactors to provide power for the Grid, I have often wondered why retiring Subs couldn't be hooked up to the National Grid, until it was not practical to operate them. While 3MW is not going to save the planet, it would be a useful way to get every last ...

I Remember seeing Arrow in @ 1990 at Devonport, while on the harbour tour. Fearless was there too! I would suggest trying to save her, but thats not going to happen.

NB She was also the first on the scene to assist Sheffield after being hit.

Should be named after Counties me thinks.

Mmmmm....
As PIP times get longer, I wonder what the actual bill will be.
Makes you think how much a complete new build and stretched aft section with MT30 power would have been.
Ships remaining in service till new bit built, then a quick cut and shut.

Job done.

Look forward to the day she can Sail under her own power again, and can be, hopefully, declared fully operational too.

The classification suggests a completely new ship. Up arming or re arranging the T31 would be more in line with the Whitby to Leander evolution. As such the Whitby T12 gave rise to the Leander T12I (improved). Same hull and machinery with internal layout and Superstructure rearranged to include a Fl...

And what about Dauntless? Last I heard was some awards being handed out to crew members, after they moved back on board, but very quiet since.