Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]

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Which Anti-Ship Missile Should be Selected for the Type 26?

Lockheed Martin LRASM
164
52%
Kongsberg NSM
78
25%
Boeing Harpoon Next Gen
44
14%
MBDA Exocet Blk III
21
7%
None (stick to guided ammo and FASGW from Helicopters)
8
3%
 
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Timmymagic wrote:Not sure if a T26 would fit...
It doesn't fit at Govan.

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jimthelad wrote:Socially distanced beer with neighbour last night (across the garden fence- BrewDog of course). Batch 2 T26 WILL NOT be built on Clyde if a second referendum goes ahead. Moves to use Appledore for blocks and CL for weld-up and finish.
IMHO it would make alot of sense on a number of levels. Scale up CL with all those soon-to-be-unemployed Vauxhall workers from Ellesmere Port. How much would Govan be worth as a redevelopment...waterfront property 1 mile from the centre of the UK's number two city. Williamstown in Melbourne went through the same gentrification cycle.

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RichardIC wrote:
Timmymagic wrote:Not sure if a T26 would fit...
It doesn't fit at Govan.
Haven't A&P still got the Swann Hunter facilities?

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RichardIC wrote:It doesn't fit at Govan.
Not sure it would get out of the doors...it will at Govan. The Portsmouth site is massively restricted in terms of size and expansion room.
If we were building a new yard (and we'd need to) better to build one with expansion potential.

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They built parts of the QE and T45 in Portsmouth's shed. How much more room than that do you need? It has the room to build two T26's side by side, its bigger than the one currently being built at Babcock Rosyth too.

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Does anyone know how many ExLS cells the RCN will have on each Type 26, each carrying 4 Sea Ceptor?

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Two 3-cell sets, for a total of 24 missiles.

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More news on T26 from BBC


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More from Bae Systems..


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Thanks JohnM

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If Yes2 is successful, property in Scotland in general and Glasgow in particular will be worth JackShit.

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Another delivery :-


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Are the masts for the Type 45 composite as well?

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Some more pics here..........


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Jdam wrote:Are the masts for the Type 45 composite as well?
Yes I believe so, they were shipped over from Holland?

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90inFIRST wrote:Yes I believe so, they were shipped over from Holland?
Norwegian manufacture to a BAE design.

https://www.um.no/critical-components-f ... oyal-navy/

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RichardIC wrote:
90inFIRST wrote:Yes I believe so, they were shipped over from Holland?
Norwegian manufacture to a BAE design.

https://www.um.no/critical-components-f ... oyal-navy/
That is the Type 26 masts. The Type 45 are steel construction and were built in Portsmouth by Vosper Thornycroft/VT/BVT

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The Sea Cadets in Sutton Coldfield will be getting their own Type 26... :lol:

https://www.flemingjames.co.uk/single-p ... s-momentum

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bobp wrote:The Sea Cadets in Sutton Coldfield will be getting their own Type 26... :lol:

https://www.flemingjames.co.uk/single-p ... s-momentum
I am really impressed with this. Great job Sea Cadets. Thanks for posting Bob :thumbup:

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So will the Sea Cadets up in rural Cheshire be building their own Carrier complete with a F-35? :D

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Cheshire Sea Cadets T26 to become an escort for Fleet Air Arm Museum's QE playground ?! :mrgreen:

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Maybe they finish it before the actual ship. :lol: :lol:
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What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
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According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves…

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Better pic of Glasgow’s mast


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Lockheed as prime contractor for the CSC/T26 have contracted for four Leonardo Oto Melara 127/64mm main guns including the Automatic Ammunition Handling System (AAHS) in preference to the BAE Inc USN Mk45 Mod 4 127/62 as fitted in the T26.

The 127 /64 LW Vulcano can fire the guided long range (GLR) and ballistic extended range (BER) shells besides the standard 127 mm round as the Mk45 currently limited to.

Would be of interest if value of contract disclosed to compare to the $245 million MoD awarded to BAE Inc Jul 2016 for the Mk45s, both contracts are for three ship sets and a fourth for training.

https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/pres ... combatants

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