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Got my hands on the new boots for a look today. Look good but still not convinced they will be durable enough for use on exercise etc. No...

Government reiterate Type 31e frigate plans https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/government-reiterate-type-31e-frigate-plans/

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All those things should be done to at least two P60's, as Leaders, AND conform as close as possible to SOLAS V. Regulation 22 for ships over 55m as...

Nice ship. Lots of fuel being taken on board. they were flying drones around the ship, at least 3 of two different types. they had a...

zoom! enhance! One of the Customs cutters heading downriver.

The Frigate Hamburg is in at Cobh, bit surprised at the level of goods they are taking on?

An upgrade of the P60 would be good but one area of concern is space, especially on the bridge as there is no provision for a Ops Room in the design....

Kelvin Hughes radars were always a UK choice. This one has a lot of innovation being magnetron and waveguide free. Built in target analysis at...

We can't let ourselves be limited by such cop outs. In reality there are ships half the size with twice the sensor and weapons capability with simple...

There is scope for some modifications to the P60s. They were constructed with this in mind. The mast is one example, can be upgraded fairly...

Fishing Vessel are out there to do one thing, fish!. Our ships are out there to carry out numerous different tasks incl boarding ops. The bigger...

"open Atlantic"???, I know that this is often cited as a reason why ships have got bigger and bigger. SO just out of interest I was wondering what...

It is the optical FCS fitted to all ships in the class, although I do notice she has a new Kelvin Hughes Sharpeye X-band radar fitted.

Because there is no room on the p60 class for such modifications. Although it is excellent to get four new opv hulls, be very clear that they bring...

Since the evolution of the modern OPV each batch or generation of vessel has tended to get bigger to cope with tasks demands. Ireland has it's open...

May be optronic FCS including IR.

Is that an IR camera on top of the bridge?

the weather was not helpful this morning.

True In reality they weren’t replaced

The Flyvefisken-class were not replaced by the Knud Rasmussan-class; the latter is a large OPV design to operate in the Danish EEZ off Greenland,...

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Photo of George Bernard Shaw alongside today. Image credit Defence Forces Twitter account