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- 11 Mar 2024, 09:26
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Archer Class Patrol & Training Vessel (PBR) (RN)
- Replies: 133
- Views: 59629
Re: Archer Class Patrol & Training Vessel (PBR) (RN)
Also note that there is a programme to replace the Border force cutters right now. Not yet there isn't. It's been delayed by this shambolic Government. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/13/border-force-cutters-migrant-patrols-english-channel/ FLEET PROCUREMENT DELAYS The £224 million procure...
- 04 Mar 2024, 18:37
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5461
- Views: 1465212
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
By the way, the Bofors 57mm is a surprisingly large system. I suspect there would be little or no savings in space over a Mk 8. A salient point on the 57mm Bofors. Was met with disbelief some years ago, when I pointed out that its turret is larger overall than the BAE MK 45 127mm. If we were flush ...
- 21 Feb 2024, 16:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5461
- Views: 1465212
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Ok, so slightly larger above-deck footprint but nothing like the mass above or below deck.
- 21 Feb 2024, 12:56
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5461
- Views: 1465212
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
By the way, the Bofors 57mm is a surprisingly large system. I suspect there would be little or no savings in space over a Mk 8. A salient point on the 57mm Bofors. Was met with disbelief some years ago, when I pointed out that its turret is larger overall than the BAE MK 45 127mm. If we were flush ...
- 20 Feb 2024, 16:44
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19150
- Views: 7058236
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
The RAN has the same problems with crew shortages as the RN. So they need to find a way of fixing that before they start building a bigger navy.
They've probably got 10 years before things start getting delivered in earnest and noted that some vessels are going to be optionally crewed - in theory.
They've probably got 10 years before things start getting delivered in earnest and noted that some vessels are going to be optionally crewed - in theory.
- 13 Feb 2024, 21:10
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 553
- Views: 112731
Re: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
T32 basically already doesn't exist. I think the reason for the T32 class is pretty simple. The RN did not want to commit to a T31 B2 there and then (i.e. hand the contract to Babcock), so give itself a little wiggle room by calling it something different (for now) I doubt the RN had very much inpu...
- 13 Feb 2024, 19:02
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 553
- Views: 112731
Re: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
No its nothing to do with Boris. It has always been T31 B2. Radakin has said it is T31 B2. Source? I mean it makes sense but it's not been stated. It has been when he appeared before the defence select committee. To paraphrase what he said. RN were bidding for additional projects and wanted more fr...
- 13 Feb 2024, 17:57
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 553
- Views: 112731
Re: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
No its nothing to do with Boris. It has always been T31 B2. Radakin has said it is T31 B2. Source? I mean it makes sense but it's not been stated. It has been when he appeared before the defence select committee. To paraphrase what he said. RN were bidding for additional projects and wanted more fr...
- 13 Feb 2024, 15:30
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 553
- Views: 112731
- 13 Feb 2024, 11:53
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 553
- Views: 112731
Re: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
I'm honestly amazed that anyone thinks Type 32 is still a thing. It was literally shoe-horned into the 2020 Integrated Review at the last minute purely for the purposes of allowing a scruffy fat liar to boast that he was turning the RN into Europe's leading navy. The scruffy fat liar has gone but no...
- 07 Feb 2024, 10:55
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 1995
- Views: 555263
Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
I wonder how many aster they have burnt through downing £20k drones… And how confident is everyone now in dealing with a 50 or 100 drone swarm with only 48x Aster and backed up by the 30mm and Phalanx? How would a T45/T23 deal with a surface swarm especially at night with a high sea state? Many que...
- 18 Jan 2024, 15:23
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19150
- Views: 7058236
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
The destroyers would absolutely benefit from a modern, smaller and more usable gun. As explained in T31 post 12th December the Bofors 57mm has only a fraction of the firepower of the 1946 Vickers 3" Mk.6, with 50 and 70 caliber barrels, at one time HMCS Saskatchewan A turret 3"/70 fired 1...
- 09 Jan 2024, 11:24
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 5985
- Views: 1500872
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Sure! and I need a private jet so I can go surfing in California at the weekends. But much like the Navy needing a third carrier, the fundamentals are so broke there is no reasonable path to achieving this. For example, despite spending over 2 decades consuming itself to build carrier groups, the N...
- 12 Dec 2023, 07:47
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
- Replies: 8470
- Views: 2143195
Re: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
https://x.com/NavyLookout/status/1734309108088541238?s=20 Utterly obsolete 4.5” Mark 8 needs stripping from Type 45 and 23 and replacing with 57mm Mk 110 ASAP. Conventional NGFS is dead. Multiple cheap drones (surface and aerial) are the new threat. Decent rate of fire and advanced ammo are the key....
- 11 Dec 2023, 11:42
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
- Replies: 8470
- Views: 2143195
Re: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
I thought £55 million looked a bit too skinny to fit Mk41 across all five ships.
But it looks like the contract is only for "insertion, testing and enhancement", so it looks like whatever is being fitted is going to be GFE.
But it looks like the contract is only for "insertion, testing and enhancement", so it looks like whatever is being fitted is going to be GFE.
- 30 Nov 2023, 17:03
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410398
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
1) HMS PoW is much closer. 2) It is about a 10 or 11 day sail at 15 knots, add 3 days on because the rediness requirement is for 72 hours, then it could be a two week voyage there. 3) We won't do anything. PoW isn't the high-readiness carrier. She hasn't got an air group and she almost certainly is...
- 30 Nov 2023, 15:13
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410398
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
London to Belize is roughly the same distance as London to Guyana, so just over 2 days based on Ark Royal in 1972. Phil R You'd have to average over 100mph to cover 5,000 miles in 48 hours. Ark was already half way across the Atlantic for a visit to New York when she was diverted. She launched airc...
- 18 Nov 2023, 13:08
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Wave Class Tanker (RFA)
- Replies: 208
- Views: 119008
Re: Wave Class Tanker (RFA)
Should sell them and get extra Tide on order. Should crew them and use them. Crew them with? As I have said before we need to look outside the box maybe we ask the Baltic states to find 320 staff between them the Wave's could then be manned on a 1.5 scale and become NATO Tankers operating from the ...
- 17 Nov 2023, 12:08
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Wave Class Tanker (RFA)
- Replies: 208
- Views: 119008
Re: Wave Class Tanker (RFA)
Crew them with?
- 01 Nov 2023, 18:17
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19150
- Views: 7058236
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Why do you and other persist with this Boris nonsense. As testified by the now CDS the RN were going to pitch for some extra T31 during the IR process and decided T31 B2 was too boring so renamed the pitch T32 and sexed it up with some adaptability and autonomous mothership glitter. The first menti...
- 01 Nov 2023, 11:29
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19150
- Views: 7058236
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Well, if there were around £2.5b available (which seems to be a fairly common estimate of what might be available as a budget for T32) could we squeeze 2 x T26 and 3 x T31 (perhaps without Mk41) out of that? That would be a pretty straightforward path to 24 escorts (it would also give us 10 C1 &...
- 30 Oct 2023, 12:17
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19150
- Views: 7058236
- 29 Oct 2023, 16:05
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19150
- Views: 7058236
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Could the Nemo 120mm mortar be used for NGFS in the future? Seems fairly cheap and would have commonality with the army if they adopt it onto boxer. Already proven with the Swedish navy. Can come containerised aswell, great for naval PODS. Compare the cost of 5 inch naval gun and magazine (£60m) to...
- 11 Oct 2023, 07:55
- Forum: Personnel and Units
- Topic: Littoral Response Groups North & South
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1911
Re: Littoral Response Groups North & South
Yay, they’ve put three Merlin on RFA Argus. Game on!
- 15 Sep 2023, 09:38
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Solid Support Ship
- Replies: 1972
- Views: 547603
Re: Future Solid Support Ship
A change of government will far more likely result in yet another defence review and no orders at all whilst it takes place. Also when in the past 70 years has an incoming Labour Govt resulted in increased military spending ? [/quote] Common consensus is that the 98 SDR was the best of the bunch, a...