While I doubt it would be picked for the EPV, I don't remember seeing this design from Babcock before, the Defender?:
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostAll 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 regards visibility from the Bridge, for watchkeepers and Conning positions including Helm.
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That is new. Vrery little aout it, apart from its name, on Babcock's website. Possibly a bid for the Aussie OPV competition.Last edited by na grohmiti; 20 October 2018, 12:09.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmit� View PostThat is new. Very little about it, apart from its name, on Babcock's website. Possibly a bid for the Aussie OPV competition.
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Originally posted by EUFighter View PostAlthough wishful, the regulations do not apply to "warships, naval auxiliaries and other ships owned or operated by a Contracting Government and used only on government non-commercial service".
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Originally posted by Sparky42 View PostWhile I doubt it would be picked for the EPV, I don't remember seeing this design from Babcock before, the Defender?:
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostBasic P31 design with split Engine exhausting . Flight deck could extend further aft. What else can it do.?
Not sure about the aerodynamics of two squat square funnels ahead of the flight deck.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by Jetjock View PostWe 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 scabbed on non through deck fit outs. There is plenty of physical scope in the P60 class. The money and political will are the lacking components.
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Originally posted by na grohmità View PostSoon. You will hear it here first. (unless you see it elsewhere before we do)
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostWith the loss recently of the Norwegian Frigate HELGE INGSTAD after a collision with a 65,000tonne tanker, their is a need to carry out a remedial survey on our ships stuffing boxes where shafting passes through compartment bulkheads. The same survey should include through bulkhead glands for cabling and bulkhead fittings for piercing pipework. There are some rumours that stuffing box failure led to critical levels of flooding, overcoming her ability to float.
The AIBN has found safety critical issues relating to the vessel's watertight compartments. This must be assumed to also apply to the other four Nansen-class frigates. It cannot be excluded that the same applies to vessels of a similar design delivered by Navantia, or that the design concept continues to be used for similar vessel models. The AIBN assumes that its findings are not in conformity with the required damage stability standard for the Nansen-class frigates.Next, the crew found that water from the aft generator room was running into the gear room via the hollow propeller shafts and that the gear room was filling up fast. From the gear room, the water then ran into and was flooding the aft and fore engine rooms via the stuffing boxes in the bulkheads. This meant that the flooding became substantially more extensive than indicated by the original damage. Based on the flooding of the gear room, it was decided to prepare for evacuation.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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