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Originally posted by Sparky42 View PostWonder what the price tag is for it, could give us an idea in terms of what we've "budgeted" for.
Also the normal Irish save a few bob routine by building to civilian standards may lower it to meet our budget.
If the RN can get a 140m Type 31 frigate for £250m then our €200m proposed budget should easily get us an 120-130m MRV.
VARD designed both the P50s and P60 along with the RNZN OPVs and the USCG OPCs currently in build.
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Originally posted by A/TEL View PostGiven that this one has the inclusion of a well deck its design and cost will prob be higher.
Also the normal Irish save a few bob routine by building to civilian standards may lower it to meet our budget.
If the RN can get a 140m Type 31 frigate for £250m then our €200m proposed budget should easily get us an 120-130m MRV.
VARD designed both the P50s and P60 along with the RNZN OPVs and the USCG OPCs currently in build.
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Depending on how you read it, this sounds positive.
The replacement of the flagship LÉ Eithne with a multi role vessel (MRV) is the next scheduled component of the White Paper fleet investment programme. Projects for other vessel replacement will be considered over the life-time of the White Paper in the context of overall capability development and funding and the Equipment Development Plan (EDP) process. The EDP outlines that the MRV project is in the planning ongoing stage with an indicative timeframe for progression from the current year through to 2024.
So does that mean the planning will be finished by 2024, or the ship will be delivered by 2024?For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostDepending on how you read it, this sounds positive.
So does that mean the planning will be finished by 2024, or the ship will be delivered by 2024?
With the eyes on a move to a certain landlocked overseas mission, its time to invest the money on whats badly needed, a tactical airlift aircraft. Any such aircraft would carry out more missions in a year than any supposed MRV ship in its lifetime.
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Originally posted by Rhodes View PostThe Equipment Development Plan runs until 2024. There is unlikely to be any advancement within that time due to four ships being tied up.
With the eyes on a move to a certain landlocked overseas mission, its time to invest the money on whats badly needed, a tactical airlift aircraft. Any such aircraft would carry out more missions in a year than any supposed MRV ship in its lifetime.
The project is proceeding.
The MRV is not being built to purely deliver equipment overseas hence the Multi Role part of the name.
Why can't we have both MRV and tactical airlift?.
Four ships are not tied up, P31 & P41 only are in operational reserve with P52 commencing half life refit.
P51 due to start trials this quarter back to operations.
We are an island nation which most people tend to forget.
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Originally posted by Rhodes View PostThe Equipment Development Plan runs until 2024. There is unlikely to be any advancement within that time due to four ships being tied up.
With the eyes on a move to a certain landlocked overseas mission, its time to invest the money on whats badly needed, a tactical airlift aircraft. Any such aircraft would carry out more missions in a year than any supposed MRV ship in its lifetime.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by A/TEL View PostThe project is proceeding.
The MRV is not being built to purely deliver equipment overseas hence the Multi Role part of the name.
Why can't we have both MRV and tactical airlift?.
Four ships are not tied up, P31 & P41 only are in operational reserve with P52 commencing half life refit.
P51 due to start trials this quarter back to operations.
We are an island nation which most people tend to forget.
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Originally posted by A/TEL View PostThe project is proceeding.
The MRV is not being built to purely deliver equipment overseas hence the Multi Role part of the name.
Why can't we have both MRV and tactical airlift?.
Four ships are not tied up, P31 & P41 only are in operational reserve with P52 commencing half life refit.
P51 due to start trials this quarter back to operations.
We are an island nation which most people tend to forget.
In an ideal world, there should be both a tactical airlift aircraft and an amphibious ship, but in the real world, funding will only be made available for just about one.
There are four ships tied up. A decision is going to be made on where to find the crew for P51 before the spring gand its likely to be from P42.Last edited by Rhodes; 4 February 2021, 23:11.
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Originally posted by Rhodes View PostThe project is in planning this 20 years. It's proposed to be an XXL OPV with "freight carrying capacity" to support overseas missions. All OPV's are multi-role.
In an ideal world, there should be both a tactical airlift aircraft and an amphibious ship, but in the real world, funding will only be made available for just about enough for one.
There are four ships tied up. A decision is going to be made on where to find the crew for P51 before the spring gand its likely to be from P42.
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