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Originally posted by DeV View Post
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_C_Ocean_Trader
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Originally posted by EUFighter View PostThe picture shown seems very similar to the MV Ocean Trader which the US MSC has recently converted!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_C_Ocean_Trader
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Originally posted by CTU View PostThey also look similar to the Point Class the MoD still have on charter
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poin...s_sealift_ship
Some good pictures on "The Drive";
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...s?iid=sr-link5
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[QUOTE=na grohmitÃ*;466168]https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2019/...ike-ship-flss/[/QUOTE
FLSS or MSV type ships are intended to be part of a troop movement wagon train as part of an invasion force. Our MRV is a balance of Air Logistics, Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief, Fleet support for OPV's, Company level carriage and landing by craft, and OPV duties as required.
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[QUOTE=ancientmariner;466174]Originally posted by na grohmitÃ* View Posthttps://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2019/...ike-ship-flss/[/QUOTE
FLSS or MSV type ships are intended to be part of a troop movement wagon train as part of an invasion force. Our MRV is a balance of Air Logistics, Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief, Fleet support for OPV's, Company level carriage and landing by craft, and OPV duties as required.
Apart from the OPV element the functionality is exactly the same - and the RN have used the RFA's in the drugs interdiction role in the Caribbean and the counter piracy role off the Horn of Africa.
The crux of the MRV/EPV/Whatever-the-hell-its-called-this-week is 'what do you want it to do?', and still there's no decision on whether it's an OPV with a couple of TEU's or a littoral logistics support ship with a flight deck you could see from the moon, a well deck and the ability to put a field hospital, a water purification and pumping station, an airfield control radar and fuel pumping system.
It doesn't matter what you call it, it matters what it does.
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[QUOTE=ropebag;466185]Originally posted by ancientmariner View Post
You mean 'it moves stuff to an austere disembarkation point'.
Apart from the OPV element the functionality is exactly the same - and the RN have used the RFA's in the drugs interdiction role in the Caribbean and the counter piracy role off the Horn of Africa.
The crux of the MRV/EPV/Whatever-the-hell-its-called-this-week is 'what do you want it to do?', and still there's no decision on whether it's an OPV with a couple of TEU's or a littoral logistics support ship with a flight deck you could see from the moon, a well deck and the ability to put a field hospital, a water purification and pumping station, an airfield control radar and fuel pumping system.
It doesn't matter what you call it, it matters what it does.
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostOf course , but don't pigeon hole it to sombody else's design. It will be " as built " to our requirements. All ships can move and do stuff, so it's just a matter of degree and emphasis. Burn the brochures and get the outline specification written so that the builder(s) can conseptualise the General Arrangement and Outline Plan.
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Originally posted by Sparky42 View PostFor the rough idea of the budget that we have for the EPV how much do you think we're going to get for a bespoke one of a kind Irish design compared to an off the shelf design?
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Originally posted by Sparky42 View PostFor the rough idea of the budget that we have for the EPV how much do you think we're going to get for a bespoke one of a kind Irish design compared to an off the shelf design?
It has been stated that it will be an "off the shelf" hull and superstructure with minimal NS requirement changes.
This is to keep the cost down as well as to ensure that first of class problems don't hamper the vessel over its lifetime (a la P31)
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Originally posted by A/TEL View PostIt has been stated that it will be an "off the shelf" hull and superstructure with minimal NS requirement changes.
This is to keep the cost down as well as to ensure that first of class problems don't hamper the vessel over its lifetime (a la P31)
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Originally posted by A/TEL View PostIt has been stated that it will be an "off the shelf" hull and superstructure with minimal NS requirement changes.
This is to keep the cost down as well as to ensure that first of class problems don't hamper the vessel over its lifetime (a la P31)
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Originally posted by A/TEL View PostIt has been stated that it will be an "off the shelf" hull and superstructure with minimal NS requirement changes.
This is to keep the cost down as well as to ensure that first of class problems don't hamper the vessel over its lifetime (a la P31)
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