RN new Type 26 impression
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BBC News - MoD reveals design of Royal Navy future warships
they're aiming for 5400 tons and a buy of 13
I'll put money on 6500 tons and a buy of 6
they're aiming for 5400 tons and a buy of 13
I'll put money on 6500 tons and a buy of 6
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I see that the new vessels are described as "Global Combat Ships" rather than "frigates". Another example of the "why use one word when three will do" Americanisation of the English language. Sigh......
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a) they will fly helicopters if we have any left
b) they are in competition for defence dollars that may be needed for the carriers
c) part of the UK overall armed forces and so we need to know what the MoD are up to with our money
e) they will have some anti-air capability (maybe)
b) they are in competition for defence dollars that may be needed for the carriers
c) part of the UK overall armed forces and so we need to know what the MoD are up to with our money
e) they will have some anti-air capability (maybe)
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....cruiser?
ISTR when the County Class GMD's were proposed, being cruiser size, they were listed as destroyers, as it, "sounded cheaper than a cruiser".
ISTR when the County Class GMD's were proposed, being cruiser size, they were listed as destroyers, as it, "sounded cheaper than a cruiser".
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Keep going guys, by page three we will have a full battleship 
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Without the boat to park on and those above the turnover rate in both crews and helicopters would be pretty high.. So it is relevant.
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Originally Posted by ColdCollation
...with an accompanying press release stating that we need so few because they're just soooo much more capable than the old ones.
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Amusingly, it's a greater displacement than a T42 Batch 3. It's a not exactly a T21 frigate - not necessarily a bad thing, but the RN need to think pretty carefully about this as if there's a bill bigger than say £500m each then they're likely to get.... not a lot.
Really, one assumes that the RN need probably 25-30 FF/DD hulls, which with 6 (Count 'em!) T45s, either they need another 6 T45s and then a build of 18 T26s at one every nine months or so. Alternatively six T45s + 22 T26s.
However, can't see it somehow. Too bad for the fisheads, and the rest of us.
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Really, one assumes that the RN need probably 25-30 FF/DD hulls, which with 6 (Count 'em!) T45s, either they need another 6 T45s and then a build of 18 T26s at one every nine months or so. Alternatively six T45s + 22 T26s.
However, can't see it somehow. Too bad for the fisheads, and the rest of us.
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the only answer to getting a lot of cheap hulls is to go overseas and buy a dozen or so of something already in production AND STOP THE RN from "upgrading" them before delivery