Originally Posted by
Asturias56
15% heavier, 12% longer, Cost was £ 116 - £ 140 mm each - average £ 127 mm more or less
River 1's cost £150 mm in total lease and purchase costs I think for 3 vessels so £ ~ £50mm apiece. the Brazilian versions of the type 1 cost £ 44 mm each
At least 29 changes were made in the changing the design from the Amazonas - the helicopter required a flying control position, a new landing grid and mods to refuelling and in flight refueling provision.
What is really weird was that they were supposed to be used to "iron-out" snags in the delivery of the T26's. but "Glasgow" has been building for over 7 years.
Nope. Don't know where you're getting your data from, but those dimensional and weight changes are wrong. Accurate for comparing RCB1 to Amazonas, but not RCB2.
As for ironing out snags in T26 delivery, no-one credible would have believed that. The RCB2 and T26 are incomparable in complexity and systems among other things.