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Nothing . Getting back to Fleet vessels and their outfits. If the present hull profile continues we must insist that the builder provides closures for the Hawse pipes , such as Buckler Plates, and also closure system for the Spurling pipes to prevent cable locker flooding. Green water on deck is common for all ships and there must not be a potential ingress point unsecured.
From doing a bit of google images perusing, would these not all be bog standard features? Do the appledore ships not have them? Have we in effect bought a shitty paddy spec car because the dealer makes more money out of them compared to the better spec UK models?
The main armament MUST be able to deal with Surface, Air , including missiles, and also shore bombardment in support.
You mention the main armament must be able to - but isn't this a sensors related question? We could have the best main armament in the world but it's useless if blind. Fitted for but not with could be a short term saving. Its the same with heli capability - for the love of god just leave room for the addition of a helideck later on and throw on a "multimission shelter" aka hanger!
From doing a bit of google images perusing, would these not all be bog standard features? Do the appledore ships not have them? Have we in effect bought a shitty paddy spec car because the dealer makes more money out of them compared to the better spec UK models?
That would go without saying
You mention the main armament must be able to - but isn't this a sensors related question? We could have the best main armament in the world but it's useless if blind. Fitted for but not with could be a short term saving. Its the same with heli capability - for the love of god just leave room for the addition of a helideck later on and throw on a "multimission shelter" aka hanger!
Sometimes if you don't ask, you dont get. There was a shot of one of our ships at speed with water pressurised up through Hawse pipes and running back over the deck. Either she had no Buckler plates or the crew didn't fit them in place. As regards weapon FCS, they are designed to do the full bit and I am asking that shortsighedness shouldn't see us install a restricted system. If expediency, such as inability to maintain a complete system, is a question, then buy a technical training package for a number of artificers as we did with P31.
There's a new entrant on the market, the Kership Logistic Support & Projection Vessel (LSPV) 90 from DCNS...90 metres but 3000 tons, maybe a tad slow at 16Knots though.
Displacing 3,000 tons, the LSPV measures 89.9 meters in length with a breadth of 16.7 meters and a draft of 4.3 meters. The hull and superstructure are made of steel while the bridge is aluminum.
The vessel may accommodate a total of 439 people onboard:
- 39 Crew
- 150 troops and medical staff in cabins
- 250 additional accommodation capacity for troops in modular zones
The vessel speed is 16 knots thanks to its two medium speed diesel engines and controllable pitch propellers.
In terms of performance, Kership's LSPV 90 has a range of 11,000 nautical miles at 12 knots. Its endurance is 10 up to 45 days.
There's a new entrant on the market, the Kership Logistic Support & Projection Vessel (LSPV) 90 from DCNS...90 metres but 3000 tons, maybe a tad slow at 16Knots though.
More at the link http://www.navyrecognition.com/index...l-lspv-90.html
I wonder who the customer who's needs it was made for is?
Draft noted at 5metres, much better freeboard , but still with potential to be wet and bulwarks in the drawings differ on the fore decks. Access to liferafts is not clear with a group of 3 in one drawing and 2 X 2 in another drawing. Bilge keels seem to be minimalised in favour of stabilisers. Not sure until tank tested. The drawings could be variations on the same ship. Maybe!
There's a new entrant on the market, the Kership Logistic Support & Projection Vessel (LSPV) 90 from DCNS...90 metres but 3000 tons, maybe a tad slow at 16Knots though.
More at the link http://www.navyrecognition.com/index...l-lspv-90.html
Looking at it, can anyone tell me whether it actually has a hanger for the helicopter (either or below in the "garage area")?
I have to say not from where I'm sitting. There's nothing that resembles a hangar door nor does there appear to be space longitudinally. Additionally, the picture of the below helideck space is captioned "hangar", which it certainly is not!
It is interesting to visit Eithne today, and, as one who was familiar with her original layout, to see how much she has changed internally.
I always thought that particular article, and another a few years later covering flight operations from the same author, were very well written, and gave the outsider an excellent impression as to how the ship would operate, in a manner that was almost free of Jargon that most often makes articles of this type unreadable to the reader.
As a ten year old when I first read this, the 18 year old merchant deck cadet who redrew the plans on a larger scale (and still has them) during the spare hours, and the now 45 year old that has been spewing forth all I learnt from those articles, and built on that knowledge to now find himself in a career that shares hobby with earning potential in a secure state job, I wish to thank the author.
I only wish he would put pen to paper again and write his memoirs.
For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
It is interesting to visit Eithne today, and, as one who was familiar with her original layout, to see how much she has changed internally.
I always thought that particular article, and another a few years later covering flight operations from the same author, were very well written, and gave the outsider an excellent impression as to how the ship would operate, in a manner that was almost free of Jargon that most often makes articles of this type unreadable to the reader.
As a ten year old when I first read this, the 18 year old merchant deck cadet who redrew the plans on a larger scale (and still has them) during the spare hours, and the now 45 year old that has been spewing forth all I learnt from those articles, and built on that knowledge to now find himself in a career that shares hobby with earning potential in a secure state job, I wish to thank the author.
I only wish he would put pen to paper again and write his memoirs.
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