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HMS Illustrious awaits her fate in Portsmouth naval base (June 2015). Photo by Clive G. Herbert.

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This graphic helps show the true scale of the Queen Elizabeth class supercarrier.

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http://www.janes.com/article/52862/uk-completes-transition-of-merlin-from-raf-to-rn

The United Kingdom officially completed the transfer of the AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin HC.3/3A troop transport helicopter from the Royal Air Force (RAF) to the Royal Navy (RN) during a ceremony held on 9 July.

The ceremony, which took place at the type's former home station of RAF Benson, saw the last of the 25 helicopters transition from the RAF's Merlin Force over to the RN's Commando Helicopter Force (CHF).

During the event, 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, which operated the platform for the air force, was re-rolled as the new Boeing Chinook and Westland Puma operational conversion unit at RAF Benson under the designation 28 (Reserve) Squadron, while the RN stood up 845 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) as the service's second Merlin unit, to be located at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton alongside the already constituted 846 NAS.

The decision to transfer the Merlins from RAF to RN control was one of the initiatives announced during the Strategic Defence & Security Review (SDSR) in 2010. The transition features a GBP445 million (USD685 million) Merlin Life Sustainment Programme (MLSP) that includes converting the current HC.3/3As into the HC.4/4A configuration. Major features of this programme comprise the fitting of folding main-rotor blades and tail boom for shipborne operations, as well as a new 'glass' cockpit for commonality with the RN's Merlin HMA.2 and AW159 Lynx Wildcat.

While the Merlin will replace the Westland Commando (Sea King) HC.4 platforms that are being retired from RN service in March 2016, they themselves will be replaced in RAF service by 14 new Chinook HC.6 helicopters.

Saaudações

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Mais um Astute para a RN.

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[olisipo]

Footage released by BAE Systems showing with accelerated rythm the construction of the "Prince of Wales" aircraft carrier.

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Footage released by BAE Systems showing with accelerated rythm the construction of the "Prince of Wales" aircraft carrier.

Simplesmente espectacular, vai ser mesmo um enorme Navio !!!

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Muito bom, será um excelente substituto das nossas Fragatas,  :lol:  :lol:

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Navio da RN construído na Coreia do Sul.

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comprimento: 200.9m

Largura: 28.6m

altura: 10m

deslocamento: 37.000t

tripulação : 63 militares 46 passageiros

armamento : 2 x Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS

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Sao navios tanque certo? Podimos construir em Portugal!! que falta fazia um a nossa marinha.  tide class tankers a noruega tambem vai comprar um! mas com 26 mil tons custam cerca de 120 milhoes.......             Royal Navy MARS tankers
Designers have completed plan for the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary's (RFA) new fleet of Tide-class military afloat reach and sustainability (MARS) tankers, which will serve at least 25 years.

The four Tide-class MARS tankers, comprising Tidespring, Tiderace, Tidesurge and Tideforce, will enter service with the Royal Navy to boost its capabilities by delivering fuel, water, spare parts and other supplies.

In cooperation with the Royal Navy and RFA, BMT Defence Services has completed design for the four next-generation tankers with hundreds of design drawings and plans.

The company has also developed and tested scale models in the gigantic water tank at Haslar in Gosport, where Tidespring vessel also successfully refuelled HMS Queen Elizabeth in various sea conditions.

"A Range Rover's fuel tank connected to all four 7in hoses on the starboard size of a Tide tanker would be full in 0.12 seconds."
The future tanker project naval architect Mark Lewis said: "A Range Rover's fuel tank connected to all four 7in hoses on the starboard size of a Tide tanker would be full in 0.12 seconds."

Following completion of a £450m quartet design of the 37,000t ships, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) will draw up detailed plans to begin construction on the ships next year at Okpo-dong in south-east South Korea.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded a contract to DSME in 2012 for the construction of four MARS tankers to replace the existing RFA's single hulled tankers, with the first ship of the class due to be delivered in October 2015, with the final vessel due in April 2017.

The new double-hulled tankers will be designed to meet International Maritime Organization pollution (MARPOL) regulations, an International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 and the protocol of 1978, as well as European Commission environmental regulations.

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Os bifes que tanto gostam de estourar dinheiro para manter uma aparência de industria militar devem ter achado a proposta de construção na Coreia extremamente vantajosa, caso contrário os navios seriam, certamente, construídos no Reino Unido. Certamente, que custariam muito mais de 150 milhões de euros a unidade. Só como referência, o Cantábria, construído há sete anos, custou cerca de 240 milhões de euros e o Bonn, construído há quatro anos, custou cerca de 330 milhões de euros.

[ICE 1A+]

Os bifes que tanto gostam de estourar dinheiro para manter uma aparência de industria militar devem ter achado a proposta de construção na Coreia extremamente vantajosa, caso contrário os navios seriam, certamente, construídos no Reino Unido. Certamente, que custariam muito mais de 150 milhões de euros a unidade. Só como referência, o Cantábria, construído há sete anos, custou cerca de 240 milhões de euros e o Bonn, construído há quatro anos, custou cerca de 330 milhões de euros.

E impossivel os estaleiros europeus concorrerem com  os asiaticos, que constroem duas a 3 vezes mais barato. A Noruega tambem vai comprar um navio desses ao mesmo estaleiro mas na versao de  27 mil tons.

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Construction begins on last of three River-class Bath 2 OPVs for the Royal Navy

http://www.janes.com/article/55140/cons ... royal-navy

(...) The first steel for what will become HMS Trent was cut at BAE Systems Govan Shipyard on 7 October, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. The first and second vessels, Forth and Medway are scheduled to be delivered in 2017, followed by  Trent in 2018.
 
 The vessels are being purchased, at a cost of £348 million, in order to maintain UK shipbuilding activity - and are expected to lead to the early decommissioning of the three original River-class vessels.