Presumably some journo who associates the word with bad weather preventing aircraft taking off so just applied the word here without realising that it has a very specific (and rather career ending for the captain) meaning when it comes to ships.

* rattles cash collection tin for £3bn target * Well I've managed to find 76p down the back of the settee and I've not even checked the easy chair yet! :lol: Yep that would be the most logical thing to do, but that idea also increases your manpower(4800)and minimum aircraft(108)numbers needed Tongu...

Surely the answer to this 'two big versus three/four small' debate is to simply build a third QE class? All the advantages of three carriers and all the advantages of big carriers

Just regarding the end of that report I can't imagine that Able Seaman McNeilly will still be in the employ of the Royal Navy for very much longer!

marktigger wrote:could exocet have been replaced with harpoon?

Would that have been much of an upgrade?

Could they have been developed much though? You could probably shoehorn a sextuple Sea Wolf launcher on the back in place of the Sea Cat (which, to be fair, would have been quite boost) but I would have thought you'd be struggling to fit much else on a Type 21?

MBDA video. Type 23 installation from around 1:30 The perfectionist in my kind of wishes that the new cells were central in the silo rather than off to one side. But I guess it's the easiest way of fitting them and all the electronic gubbins into the available space. Still, I think it makes them lo...

Have they put her back together again yet or is she still missing her masts?

Royal Navy or US Navy nuclear submarine docks in Gibraltar - Spanish press/ecological groups: Danger! Potentially blow up all of Spain! Nuclear waste! Danger! Act of Aggression! US Navy nuclear submarine docks at Rota Naval Station, Spain - Spanish press/ecological groups: *silence* Well that's the...

I think T23s look good especially from angles like this one of Somerset : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Royal_Navy_Type_23_Frigate_HMS_Somerset_MOD_45153155.jpg/800px-Royal_Navy_Type_23_Frigate_HMS_Somerset_MOD_45153155.jpg Yeah they're a bit mess with antennas and other b...

I've thought for a while now that a true hospital ship would be a worthwhile investment. A nice bit of soft power, useful during the aftermath of major natural disasters and also has a useful role to fill during combat operations. Perhaps the DFID could fund the procurement and operation? Seems like...

Daily Fail: 'France considering scuttling Mistral aircraft carriers rather than agree to sell the vessels to Russia because of sanctions brought in over Ukraine' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3070579/France-considering-scuttling-Mistral-aircraft-carriers-agree-sell-vessels-Russia-sanction...

Seeing as the PoW build is going so well it's a shame there isn't a third to take advantage of all this knowledge we've acquired on how to build these carriers

desertswo wrote: To a naval engineer and damage control expert it stands out like a sore thumb.

As I am neither of those things (but keen to hear from people who are ) could you please expand on that for me?

Something interesting reported today on BBC News: North Korea 'test-fires submarine-launched missile' North Korea says it has successfully tested a submarine-launched missile, which if confirmed would be a significant boost in its arsenal. Pictures on state media showed North Korean leader Kim Jong-...

Possibly so, although I believe the extensive use of aluminium in RN Vessels was a big issue in respect of fire management...I'd guess there will be someone hereabouts who knows more about that than I do? I think lessons were probably learned right across NATO and beyond from those events. Sheffiel...