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« Responder #405 em: Julho 30, 2018, 10:44:26 am »
Contest to build a ‘budget frigate’ on hold as MoD runs out of funds

Deborah Haynes, Defence Editor
July 25 2018, 12:01am,
The Times


The freezing of the Type 31e follows a cut in the number of new Type 26s, top right
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Government plans to buy a “budget frigate” within five years have been thrown into chaos after a competition to build the warship was suspended amid a funding crisis.

Sources warned last night that the Type 31e frigate may never materialise. It is a serious blow for the Royal Navy, which needs at least five of the ships to maintain the size of its surface fleet.

Shipbuilders and yards in the running for the £1.25 billion contract were taken by surprise when the Ministry of Defence announced the freeze on Friday, just as they prepared to finalise their respective ship designs. Defence Equipment and Support, the branch of the MoD in charge of buying kit, claimed that there had not been enough “compliant bids”.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/contest-to-build-a-budget-frigate-on-hold-as-mod-runs-out-of-funds-wgvvkq0p3#
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« Responder #406 em: Julho 30, 2018, 05:14:38 pm »
HMS Tyne reactivated due to issues with replacement ship
By George Allison - July 29, 2018


HMS Tyne appears to have been reactivated after photos emerged showing her flying the White Ensign in Portsmouth this week.

The White Ensign is an ensign flown on commissioned Royal Navy ships and shore establishments. This is despite Tyne sailing into Portsmouth in May flying her paying-off pennant before her scheduled decommissioning.

On Monday 21st May 2018, HMS Tyne made what the Royal Navy called her final entry into Portsmouth Dockyard.

“HMS Tyne has been in service for 15 years and will bow of her active career on Thursday where a formal decommissioning ceremony will take place which will be witnessed by friends and families, official dignitaries and see the ensign lowered for the final time.”

Recently however, we reported that issues with new Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS Forth meant that HMS Tyne would not decommission. According to a contact in the fleet earlier in the year:

“As Forth is a long way from being ready and with these new problems, Tyne is being reactivated and the other OPV which was decommissioned is going into refit. Safe to say its all very political and no quick way to solve the issues. The whole OPV Batch 2 project has now been delayed to the quality issues.”

HMS Forth had been found to have more than 100 defects, including electrical and safety issues. Forth was the first of the five new Offshore Patrol Vessels being built to replace the current River Class vessels. The vessels had been ordered to fill a gap in orders after the second carrier and before the Type 26 frigate build started.

For other interesting photos around Portsmouth, I recommend following Steve here.


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Our contact, currently serving in the Royal Navy and involved with the programme, told us that Forth had been handed back to BAE due to “the very poor standard of build”, BAE however advise that this has not happened. We were told:

“For example bolt heads glued back on (thousands over tightened) high voltage switchboard very dangerous, life rafts failed to launch, wiring sub standard, galley not secured… list is huge. It’s much worse than what they released.

Captain of the ship and higher rankers had a meeting with BAE, MoD etc. I’m surprised nothing has been said else where with it being first of class. They reckon 3 months to rectify, I reckon much more.”

We were also told by our contact that the entire Batch 2 River class programme has been set back due to this, with the second vessel in the class having supposed to have started sea trials in October last year but is currently still alongside at the BAE yard in Scotstoun, Glasgow.

A BAE spokesman said:

“We are actively supporting the Royal Navy to resolve issues around a limited number of bolt fastenings and the electrical system on HMS Forth. These are unrelated issues and investigations for each are now underway to ensure that we resolve any potential impact and establish the cause. We are committed to delivering equipment that meets rigorous safety and quality standards.”

An MoD spokesman added:

“It is normal for us to work with industry partners to make some rectifications to ships once they have been handed to the Royal Navy BAE Systems is already at work on some areas as we work together to ensure HMS Forth goes on to tackle piracy, safeguard our fishing stocks and protect our coastline.”

HMS Forth had been earmarked to replace half-sister HMS Clyde as the Falkland Islands guardship and is currently alongside in Portsmouth undergoing repair work.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-tyne-reactivated-due-to-issues-with-replacement-ship/

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« Responder #407 em: Julho 30, 2018, 06:01:30 pm »
de mal em pior os Ingleses...
já nem um navio patrulha conseguem fazer...
 

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Re: Royal Navy
« Responder #408 em: Julho 30, 2018, 06:33:06 pm »
de mal em pior os Ingleses...
já nem um navio patrulha conseguem fazer...

Olha se alguém se lembrasse de propor a construção, cá no burgo, AKA WestSea, de uns patrulhas oceânicos, e baratinhos, para a RN, isso é que era bom mas...........a ver a banda passar !!

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« Responder #409 em: Julho 30, 2018, 08:59:16 pm »
de mal em pior os Ingleses...
já nem um navio patrulha conseguem fazer...

Olha se alguém se lembrasse de propor a construção, cá no burgo, AKA WestSea, de uns patrulhas oceânicos, e baratinhos, para a RN, isso é que era bom mas...........a ver a banda passar !!

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dada a quantidade grande de espaço livre existente nos nossos NPO as possibilidades de adaptação ás necessidades dos clientes são grandes,,,

pelo que os NPO parecem-me uns navios com enormes possibilidades de vender lá fora...
pelo preço que são feitos cá e pelas qualidades que tem podiam dar muitas vendas...
para a missão que tem de fazer, todos os  países da Europa precisam de navios deste género...
é a só a Marinha e a West Sea unirem esforços e promoverem o navio lá fora - acho que poderia ser um caso de sucesso...

só os últimos BAM espanhóis custam 166,5 milhões cada!...
e os River class ingleses custam 348 milhões de libras e não podem andar no mar alto!...
pelo que se fossemos um bocadinho mais dinâmicos com esta concorrência era chegar, ver e vencer...ou quase!... :)
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Re: Royal Navy
« Responder #410 em: Julho 30, 2018, 09:15:49 pm »
de mal em pior os Ingleses...
já nem um navio patrulha conseguem fazer...

Olha se alguém se lembrasse de propor a construção, cá no burgo, AKA WestSea, de uns patrulhas oceânicos, e baratinhos, para a RN, isso é que era bom mas...........a ver a banda passar !!

Abraços
dada a quantidade grande de espaço livre existente nos nossos NPO as possibilidades de adaptação ás necessidades dos clientes são grandes,,,

pelo que os NPO parecem-me uns navios com enormes possibilidades de vender lá fora...
pelo preço que são feitos cá e pelas qualidades que tem podiam dar muitas vendas...
para a missão que tem de fazer, todos os  países da Europa precisam de navios deste género...
é a só a Marinha e a West Sea unirem esforços e promoverem o navio lá fora - acho que poderia ser um caso de sucesso...

só os últimos BAM espanhóis custam 166,5 milhões cada!...
e os River class ingleses custam 348 milhões de libras e não podem andar no mar alto!...
pelo que se fossemos um bocadinho mais dinâmicos com esta concorrência era chegar, ver e vencer...ou quase!... :)

Expliquei-me mal, eu dizia fazer, por cá os Classe River, não tenho dúvidas que eram melhores construídos, e ficavam bem mais baratos, mesmo a 70 ou 80 milhões de euros por unidade !!!!!

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Re: Royal Navy
« Responder #411 em: Julho 31, 2018, 11:04:59 am »
Vai à fisga...  ;D 8)

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-frigate-fleet-lack-anti-ship-missiles-around-2030/
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Royal Navy ships will lose anti-ship missile capability in 2020 when the Harpoon missile is withdrawn with a replacement not due until ‘around 2030’.

While the Royal Navy will still have an anti-ship capability via the submarine fleet and embarked helicopters, this will still be a significant capability gap and even then, no Royal Navy helicopters will have anti-ship missile capabilities until 2020.



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« Responder #412 em: Agosto 01, 2018, 10:50:18 am »
de mal em pior os Ingleses...
já nem um navio patrulha conseguem fazer...

Olha se alguém se lembrasse de propor a construção, cá no burgo, AKA WestSea, de uns patrulhas oceânicos, e baratinhos, para a RN, isso é que era bom mas...........a ver a banda passar !!

Abraços
dada a quantidade grande de espaço livre existente nos nossos NPO as possibilidades de adaptação ás necessidades dos clientes são grandes,,,

pelo que os NPO parecem-me uns navios com enormes possibilidades de vender lá fora...
pelo preço que são feitos cá e pelas qualidades que tem podiam dar muitas vendas...
para a missão que tem de fazer, todos os  países da Europa precisam de navios deste género...
é a só a Marinha e a West Sea unirem esforços e promoverem o navio lá fora - acho que poderia ser um caso de sucesso...

só os últimos BAM espanhóis custam 166,5 milhões cada!...
e os River class ingleses custam 348 milhões de libras e não podem andar no mar alto!...
pelo que se fossemos um bocadinho mais dinâmicos com esta concorrência era chegar, ver e vencer...ou quase!... :)

Conheces o conceito, manter os impostos em casa?

"Que todo o mundo seja «Portugal», isto é, que no mundo toda a gente se comporte como têm comportado os portugueses na história"
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« Responder #413 em: Agosto 01, 2018, 02:02:28 pm »
de mal em pior os Ingleses...
já nem um navio patrulha conseguem fazer...

Olha se alguém se lembrasse de propor a construção, cá no burgo, AKA WestSea, de uns patrulhas oceânicos, e baratinhos, para a RN, isso é que era bom mas...........a ver a banda passar !!

Abraços
dada a quantidade grande de espaço livre existente nos nossos NPO as possibilidades de adaptação ás necessidades dos clientes são grandes,,,

pelo que os NPO parecem-me uns navios com enormes possibilidades de vender lá fora...
pelo preço que são feitos cá e pelas qualidades que tem podiam dar muitas vendas...
para a missão que tem de fazer, todos os  países da Europa precisam de navios deste género...
é a só a Marinha e a West Sea unirem esforços e promoverem o navio lá fora - acho que poderia ser um caso de sucesso...

só os últimos BAM espanhóis custam 166,5 milhões cada!...
e os River class ingleses custam 348 milhões de libras e não podem andar no mar alto!...
pelo que se fossemos um bocadinho mais dinâmicos com esta concorrência era chegar, ver e vencer...ou quase!... :)

Conheces o conceito, manter os impostos em casa?

Pois, é por essa e por outras, que temos a Agência da NATO a cobrar balúrdios de dinheiro nas nossas compras de equipamento/material de guerra !!

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« Responder #414 em: Agosto 01, 2018, 04:02:01 pm »
de mal em pior os Ingleses...
já nem um navio patrulha conseguem fazer...

Olha se alguém se lembrasse de propor a construção, cá no burgo, AKA WestSea, de uns patrulhas oceânicos, e baratinhos, para a RN, isso é que era bom mas...........a ver a banda passar !!

Abraços
dada a quantidade grande de espaço livre existente nos nossos NPO as possibilidades de adaptação ás necessidades dos clientes são grandes,,,

pelo que os NPO parecem-me uns navios com enormes possibilidades de vender lá fora...
pelo preço que são feitos cá e pelas qualidades que tem podiam dar muitas vendas...
para a missão que tem de fazer, todos os  países da Europa precisam de navios deste género...
é a só a Marinha e a West Sea unirem esforços e promoverem o navio lá fora - acho que poderia ser um caso de sucesso...

só os últimos BAM espanhóis custam 166,5 milhões cada!...
e os River class ingleses custam 348 milhões de libras e não podem andar no mar alto!...
pelo que se fossemos um bocadinho mais dinâmicos com esta concorrência era chegar, ver e vencer...ou quase!... :)

Conheces o conceito, manter os impostos em casa?

Pois, é por essa e por outras, que temos a Agência da NATO a cobrar balúrdios de dinheiro nas nossas compras de equipamento/material de guerra !!

Abraços

Acredita que essas agências devem custar bem menos, que o custo de todo o processo de impugnação dos contratos, feitos pelos concorrentes que perderam.
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Re: Royal Navy
« Responder #415 em: Agosto 03, 2018, 03:42:51 pm »
Second Tide-class tanker RFA Tiderace enters service


RFA Tiderace alongside Portland Harbour. Photo: Royal Navy

The Royal Navy has commissioned its second Tide-class tanker RFA Tiderace in a dedication ceremony in Portland.

In a half-hour ceremony, attended by the 39,000-tonne ship’s sponsor, Lady Anita Lister, the head of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Commodore Duncan Lamb and crew, RFA Chaplain the Rev Mike Hills welcomed the new tanker to the naval service.

Commanding officer Captain Sam Shattock RFA said the efforts put in by the first ship’s company to get the tanker through her trials and training had laid solid foundations “for a long future in the RFA, supporting operations for the next 30 years.

“I am immensely proud to have command of this new ship and the responsibility for completing trials and bringing her into service.”

Cdre Lamb said the previous generation of Tide-class ships introduced into service 65 years ago had revolutionized the way the Royal Navy was supported around the world – and their namesakes would do likewise.

Each of the four vessels in the 21st-Century generation of Tides can deliver more than 1,500 cubic meters of fuel every hour – nearly 400,000 gallons, or 1½ million liters.

The lead ship in the class, RFA Tidespring, is already heavily engaged supporting operations and training around the UK; Tidesurge is being fitted out in Falmouth and Tideforce is on her delivery voyage from South Korea ready to receive British military communications kit and weaponry.

All four ships are designed to be at the heart of a carrier strike group, supporting HMS Queen Elizabeth or Prince of Wales, a Type 45 destroyer, Type 23 or 26 frigate and an Astute-class hunter-killer submarine.

“Today’s Tiderace is a most welcome and fitting addition to the modern Royal Fleet Auxiliary,” Cdre Lamb said.

“Bringing a new ship into service is a demanding endeavor which relies on a diverse, multi-skilled team, strong leadership and unflinching determination.

“Tiderace bears testimony to this and I pay tribute to the men and women in the UK and around the globe, military and civilian who have contributed to this project and made today possible.”

The dedication marks the end of a busy week for the tanker, which started off Plymouth with her maiden helicopter trials when a Merlin Mk2 from 814 Naval Air Squadron touched down on the flight deck for the first time.

Merlins – or the Fleet Air Arm’s smaller Wildcats – will be expected to ferry supplies to and from Tiderace (or one of her three sisters) in giant string sacks slung beneath the helicopters (known as VERTREP, or vertical replenishment).

And aside from being the mainstay of carrier operations, providing fuel for HMS Queen Elizabeth and the rest of her battle group, the Tides will also be expected to conduct operations in her own right, with Merlins or Wildcats and specialist boarding teams – RFA ships have been used to this end extensively in the Indian Ocean.

https://navaltoday.com/2018/08/03/second-tide-class-tanker-rfa-tiderace-enters-service/

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« Responder #416 em: Agosto 07, 2018, 08:29:04 am »

BAE Systems, Cammell Laird launch Leander frigate website


Photo: BAE Systems/Cammell Laird

BAE Systems and Cammell Laird have launched a new website for the Leander frigate design they are pitching for the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates.

The website is a result of a partnership between Cammell Laird as shipbuilder and BAE Systems as designer.

The site was launched August 6, despite the fact that the Type 31 competition was brought to a halt last month due to what was termed as a lack of “compliant bids”.

Though no specific official information has been released, the UK Mod will now likely redraw tender specifications and requirements and the launch of the website indicates that BAE Systems and Cammell Laird are ready to take part in a new competition process.

As explained by the Leander team, the design is available in four sizes — 99m, 102m, 117m, and 120m. The frigate is also configurable, meaning the customer can selecting weapons, preferred combat management systems, power and propulsion arrangements, platform equipment and habitability standards.

The team further said the Leander was designed with a range of future roles in mind, including anti-submarine warfare, incorporation of autonomous systems, energy weapons, and cyber roles.

The low-cost Type 31 frigate program is intended to replace five of the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates. Prior to last month’s suspension, the ships had been expected to be in service by 2023, built under a price cap of £250M each for the first batch of five frigates.

In late July, the UK defense ministry suspended the program due to what is referred to as the lack of “compliant bids”. The only other known contender was a Babcock-led team with the Arrowhead 140 design which was based on the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates OMT designed for the Royal Danish Navy

https://navaltoday.com/2018/08/07/bae-systems-cammell-laird-launch-leander-frigate-website/

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« Responder #417 em: Agosto 08, 2018, 12:19:57 pm »

New tanker RFA Tiderace joins the fleet
 


In a half-hour ceremony, the head of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Commodore Duncan Lamb welcomed RFA Tiderace to the naval service.

“Today’s Tiderace is a most welcome and fitting addition to the modern Royal Fleet Auxiliary,” Cdre Lamb said.

“Bringing a new ship into service is a demanding endeavour which relies on a diverse, multi-skilled team, strong leadership and unflinching determination. Tiderace bears testimony to this and I pay tribute to the men and women in the UK and around the globe, military and civilian who have contributed to this project and made today possible.”

Each of the four vessels in the 21st-Century generation of Tides can deliver more than 1,500 cubic metres of fuel every hour – nearly 400,000 gallons, or 1½ million litres… enough to fill the tanks of more than 27,000 family runarounds.

Four Tides have been built for the Royal Navy – Tidespring is already heavily engaged supporting operations and training around the UK; Tidesurge is being fitted out in Falmouth and Tideforce is on her delivery voyage from South Korea ready to receive British military communications kit and weaponry.

All four ships are designed to be at the heart of a carrier strike group, supporting HMS Queen Elizabeth or Prince of Wales, a Type 45 destroyer, Type 23 or 26 frigate and an Astute-class hunter-killer submarine.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/new-tanker-rfa-tiderace-joins-the-fleet/

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« Responder #418 em: Agosto 16, 2018, 03:55:28 pm »
UK restarts Type 31 frigate program competition

After halting a competition for the construction of five Type 31 frigate late July, the UK defense ministry has now relaunched the process.



The program was halted on July 24 due to what the defense ministry identified as inadequate competition prior to awarding competitive design phase (CDP) contracts.

On August 14, the UK MOD issued a notice saying the competition was once again open. The announcement stated that the five frigates for the Royal Navy are to be built “for a total cost not to exceed £1.25 billion inclusive of Government Furnished Equipment (GFE).”

The amount of government furnished equipment that would be made available to the successful bidder was not specified. It is known that some of the equipment from Type 23 frigates is expected to be transferred to Type 26 and 31 ships.

The new competition process will consist of a pre-qualification questionnaire, competitive design phase contracts, and finally, a single design and build contract.

Interested bidders will be able to submit their expressions to participate by August 20.

Bidders whose participation was confirmed for the previously-canceled process were a team composed of Cammell Laird and BAE Systems with a design proposal known as Leander, and a Babcock-led team with the Arrowhead 140 design which was based on the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates. A third unconfirmed team reportedly taking part in the competition were Atlas Elektronik UK and Thyssenkrup Marine Systems.


https://navaltoday.com/2018/08/16/uk-restarts-type-31-frigate-program-competition/

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« Responder #419 em: Agosto 16, 2018, 03:57:02 pm »
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