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"Serco Denholm Marine Services Ltd and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem have signed Shipbuilding Contracts for 29 new vessels as part of a 15 year programme to deliver marine services to the Royal Navy. These new vessels will operate in a fleet of around 110 vessels operated by Serco Denholm in both port and deepwater operations at HM Naval Bases Portsmouth, Devonport, Clyde and the Kyle of Lochalsh. The contract covers an extensive range of services, including:
The majority of the new build vessels will be based on standard Damen designs. The following list of vessels applies to the contract with Serco Denholm Marine Services Ltd:
Serco Denholm will be supported by the Briggs Group, who will provide navigation buoys and mooring maintenance support. Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has also been awarded a contract from Briggs for the supply of a 61 meter Buoy Handling Vessel (Damen AHTS 6114) to maintain the larger Naval Buoys around the UK. The vessels will be delivered in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The first vessel, a Damen Pushy Cat 1204, has already been delivered to Portsmouth, just three weeks after contract signature. For Damen, the contract with Serco Denholm Marine Services Ltd is one of the largest single contracts for workboats in its history. The combined value of this contract together with the contract with the Briggs Group is €160 million.
What will be the use of the "World Wide Support Ship 8316"? |
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Harpoon Mk3 | ||
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Posts: 2327 (31-Jan-2008 23:53:26) |
One day for the RN?
Pentagon Contract Announcement (Source; US Department of Defense; issued Jan. 30, 2008) McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $73,707,908 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0021) for the system development and demonstration of the Harpoon Block III Missile Program. Work will be performed in St. Charles, Mo. (92.12 percent); Lititz, Penn. (1.93 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (.84 percent); Chatsworth, Calif. (.76 percent); Galena, Kan. (.49 percent); Lowell, Mass. (.42 percent); and various locations across the United States (3.44 percent), and work is expected to be completed in Aug. 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $5,046,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?session=dae.33412450.1201814867. VD2e0n8AAAEAABZPHREAAAAY&modele=jdc_34 |
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Posts: 1416 ( 1-Feb-2008 12:55:54) |
Now you're just trying to annoy me, Anthony!
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Interesting article on improving PAAMS and Aster | ||
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Posts: 2331 ( 5-Feb-2008 03:29:43) |
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aw/dti0108/
On page 38 (page 38 has an article on FREMM).
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Posts: 1463 ( 5-Feb-2008 05:30:32) |
Mikey,
but at least they're all in one spot now :-) WRT Harpoon Blk III, they're cheaper than Tomahawks I would think and the article I read mentions vertical launch too. |
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Posts: 1417 ( 6-Feb-2008 01:41:03) |
pascaly, Harpoon III will have a much lower range than TACTOM.
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Posts: 1465 ( 6-Feb-2008 02:05:57) |
Mikey, no doubt, and I didn't mean to imply it was a replacement. I was just pointing out that it could be used as a cheaper option for land attack
instead of Tomahawks. Also, I think there'd be more chance of fitting a ship with Harpoons than Tomahawks just from a political perspective (as well as
financial).
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Posts: 19 ( 7-Feb-2008 00:37:59) |
pascaly wrote: Harpoon is one of a few missiles originally restricted to anti-ship use which have gained a land attack capability, usually with much increased range over
the original version. MM.40 Block 3, RBS.15, Teseo Mk. 2. Worth thinking about which one to buy.
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Posts: 553 ( 8-Feb-2008 16:22:49) |
Some details about the C3, designed by VT Group.
Shipbuilding unveiled its ocean-capable patrol vessel design which was developed to meet the lower tier of the Royal Navy's Future Surface Combatant (FSC) programme. Under the current plans the programme will consist of three tiers of ships - CI, C2 and C3 - to replace the service's Type 22 and Type 23 frigates, mine countermeasures vessels and survey ships. VT derived the 100-metre design with a displacement of about 3000 tonnes from the ocean patrol vessel developed for Oman's Project Khareef. With an endurance of 45 days the ship will be capable of reaching a maximum speed of more than 24 knots and a cruising speed of twelve knots, covering a maximum range of more than 7000 nm. C3 class vessels will be used for a variety of roles including mine countermeasures, patrol duties and survey work. VT's C3 FSC design incorporates a large crane and a flexible 26-metre-long mission deck aft, equipped with a stern ramp for payload deployment/recovery. The design also includes a 16-metre-long flight deck able to accommodate helicopters as large as the RN's EH101 Merlin and a hanger with room enough for a Lynx helicopter. Weapons could include a 76 mm or similar medium- calibre gun forward, a 30 mm gun or Phalanx close-in weapon system port and starboard as well as .50-calibre heavy machine guns, and surface-to-surface missiles. VT has proposed that the Ministry of Defence could lease the C3 FCS vessels in the same manner as its does the RN's River Class ocean patrol vessels also built by VT. Link. http://www.industrywatch.com/pages/iw2/Story.nsp?ID=iw&story_id=113649962&scategory=Computers&VNC=hnall |
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Nice Pic of Largs Bay | ||
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Posts: 2185 (14-Feb-2008 14:05:37) |
Moored alongside at Grand Turk...
Meanwhile, Lyme Bay is headed for Tristan de Cunha: "Tristan da Cunha is the world's most isolated community, situated 1800 miles west of Cape Town in the South Atlantic and nearly 5,000 miles from Portland their harbour is the principal method of access to the islanders for people, supplies and trade, its loss would result in some privation and difficulties for the islanders and may result in a total or partial evacuation to be considered. It has been undermined by the South Atlantic swell and is in need of temporary repair prior to a major refurbishment due to commence in the summer. In order to effect that repair RFA Lyme Bay is embarking 150 pallets of cement, a number of construction machines such as bulldozers, stone crushers and
cement mixers and landing craft to move the stores and people ashore."
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