Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Originally Posted by WE Branch Fanatic

RonO

The planning is that Clyde will be able to do over 300 days at sea per year (off the Falklands) and spend less time back in the UK in refit. Which raises the question of what happens when she does need a refit, and needs cover?

To describe her or the earlier River OPVs as warships seems a little OTT, for that size of vessel we could have got something like this.

To do 300+ days at sea each year requires new and innovative approaches to manning. So will CVF.

The intention seems to be that CLYDE will not return to UK after deployment. That's one of the ways they have reduced from 2 CASTLEs. All docking periods in local commercial Yards. Manning will be trickled roullement, not dissimilar to the cover for CASTLEs.

GBZ