Had a look at Island Offshore's website. Can't see any sister ship to Island Crown owned by them. So it might be that we end up with a total mish mash of disparate ships. Hopefully if the concept is proved we just go and buy some off the shelf brand new and get some commonality (and potentially better aviation provision).
I agree with the post above this is a great start and gets us out of the blocks on this but we really need to take a off the shelf design and and make it what we want if they are 100 meters they could be built at Appledore or at CL sign a contract for 3 with options for 3 more
Re: Castle Class: Logistic Support Vessels
Posted: 04 Jul 2023, 20:41
by Poiuytrewq
Only a snippet.
Re: Castle Class: Logistic Support Vessels
Posted: 15 Jul 2023, 09:46
by new guy
Possible solution for us? TRIFIC? If we procure with the netherlands as we might with MRSS, We could order for very cheap (XVPB was significantly less than £10m, so at most this could cost £20-25m ?) 4 or more LSV, with the very minimal development costs being shared with the Netherlands. commonality with XVPB.
Heck, you could even add a heli-deck over the workdeck, with a telscopic hanger. Leave an amidship area open for stuff like tall things and POD-missiles.
Any information about the babcock hull show in this video and once or twice elsewhere?
Re: Castle Class: Logistic Support Vessels
Posted: 16 Jul 2023, 00:00
by new guy
new guy wrote: ↑15 Jul 2023, 20:13
Any information about the babcock hull show in this video and once or twice elsewhere?
Update: Went onto a pdf from palfinger about their stern handling system, it has a specific design just for the babcock boat.
Its name is Cybele 90m MCMV vessel design