スクリーンショット 2018-03-01 0.48.09.png Looks like 14 points. If true, 25.2 m. I agree it is wide. But the 2nd-floor "balcony" looks like prepared for Merlin. So, maybe 1 Merline? Not sure.... :angel: I would still vote for two Merlin side by side - if it is only one with a hanger that big its a...

If there is one thing to criticise, it is how the double funnels restrict the size of the hangar. In the shots from behind, when the tanker and the frigate are in alignment one can see that both have exactly the same hangar. I guess with tie-downs at least one more sizeable helo can be ferried. Loo...

Thanks benny14 for those images of Type 26. May I ask where they came from? A BAE video on the type 26 from about 6 months ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC9jqRmBifk&t=96s A good spot - first time I have seen a graphic of a Merlin in the mission bay. Implies you could carry two in the ASW...

QE from inside the HMNB Portsmouth at around noon, berthed at Princess Royal Jetty. QE 2Feb2018 01.jpg At 12:40, QE came out, Pics taken from Gunwharf Keys, Portsmouth. Very cold and windy. 2 blasts from the horn, first near Gunwharf and second near the Round Tower. QE 2Feb2018 2.jpg I also have HM...

Looking good!

The general consensus appears to be that MRV(P) group 2 seems to be a choice between GD's Eagle and Thales' Bushmaster. Does anyone know what proportion of the content, if any, from each is UK built? I also wonder if it might make (financial) sense to award the contract to GD for a UK build to offs...

It is an obligation because since September 2016, the French artillery has fired more than 10,000 shells in Iraq. The over-use of the 77 Caesars of the army results in 27 guns being too worn out to be re-used before heavy maintenance operations. Really ? I never knew that, the French have gunners o...

CAMM VLS cell dimensions are governed by the missile width over its fins and not the diameter of the missile body. In other words, the cell diagonal width has to be such that the fin tip to fin tip distance will fit. Both CAMM and CAMM-ER have the same fin tip to fin tip dimension (remembering that...

Yeah but in manning it we wouldn't have had a hope in hell

Pesky facts getting in the way of a good story: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/contractors-pay-aircraft-carrier-rectification-work/ "A typical bilge pump even on a narrow boat, by the way, can handle over 1000 litres per hour." Absolutely and Ive been making this point down the pub nearl...

With 6 we should be able to sustain 2 at sea, which is about the correct amount. For carrier maybe but what about defending our territories, merchant shipping, supplies and replacing lost assets. I believe we probably already don't have enough AAD assets for the seas, and I haven't even thought abo...

Gabriele wrote:Ocean without the LPDs is almost pointless.

And the LPD's combined with two or three Bays and Prince of Wales in her LPH role most certainly not !

Ron5 wrote:Hangar roof.

We could put them in the same place as in the Aussie design, maybe a little further aft as we have the additional 24 CAMM cells directly aft of the funnel?

Ocean to Turkey - a bit more than a rumour but only if Brazil doesnt snap her up first .....

http://www.snafu-solomon.com/2017/11/tu ... razil.html

Although i had seen snippets before this is the first time I had seen this video through in full and the more I get to see of it the more I begin to really like the Arrowhead design ? Before I get a real kicking with howls of off topic I thought long and hard as to where to place this post and my re...

[/quote] In the old days, C2 was a so-so large escort. C3 carries 57mm gun, CAMM, and MCM mission bay. You can see this is exactly the current T31e is . And, they say it cost £250M ave. This is my standpoint. To save the RN, MHC must be kept more simple, I think.[/quote] Must say I really have to la...

I am not convinced that an Ajax with its turret enters in an A400M. In France when we tried to get a VBCI into an A400M, it had difficulty to get in. We have a divergence of point of view, it's not serious ;) It's designed to fit in it. They've already shown Ares can fit, and has plenty of headroom...

gordon44 wrote:Prince of Wales , Rosyth today 25th October , progressing well.

Apparently there is a report on a 'Navy website' that PoW has been delayed by six months - anybody seen ?

From the Save the Royal Navy website. I've not found them to be super accurate but here it is sprinkled with the usual anti-Bae propaganda (serving RN will no doubt be amused at the "gold plated" warships they are serving aboard). I found the most interesting items were that BMT/Babcocks ...

SKB wrote:

And just for a moment I thought I had spotted some NSM cannisters sneakily added forward of the funnel and aft of the mast - however sadly not!

Size of hull does not equal cost. Cramming a lot of gubbins into a small hull does. Adding capabilities does. Similarly cost per tonne is meaningless even if you are comparing similar designs. Different countries include different things in a price. The River B2 is an up specced OPV to keep Baes fr...

The ammunition for the Mk8 mod 1 is still manufactured and it’s osd is not until the last 45 leaves service. It is not being carried fwd to the 26, but if the 31 has a 15 year life span then it’s a no brainier! Plus of course if as it would appear the Babcock/BMT team are currently in the lead stic...

Well the CO of Argyle is in no doubt about what gun he wants on the T31 and states its going to have CAMM too....

Little J wrote:Why the refuelling probe? We don't have anything to refuel from.

USMC Osprey ?

Copied from the RN HMS Bulwark update. Capt James Parkin RN departed and handed Command of Bulwark to Cdr Charles Maynard RN on 2 January 17 who after a short tenure as the Commanding Officer handed care and custody to the Senior Naval Officer Lt Cdr Chris Jones RN on 1 February 2017 who had been B...