I have a general question. Why do the Type 23's seem to be so unpopular (when say compared to the 42s) for those who have worked on them? They are billed
as very capable sub hunters, so is this dislike mainly due to the living environment, or are they just seen as cheap and nasty?
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Posts: 1429 ( 8-Jul-2008 11:15:41) |
Smaller crew for a similar-size ship = more work for the crew. Be interesting to see how popular T45's are!
Also from my brief visit to a T23 ISTR the living quarters, including the Wardroom, were much smaller than on previous types. |
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Posts: 2314 ( 8-Jul-2008 11:25:29) |
Manpower in today's RN appears scarce, and operating costs a major issue, so low manning levels are always attractive.
On the downside, one of the big impacts of a small crew on a large ship is on damage control capability, as exhaustive studies in the USN have confirmed. Let's hope it's never a problem. Actually, I can't see the RN totally living with this compromise. Maybe there's already an intention to carry a larger crew partly for this purpose in known hot war operations. |
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Posts: 257 ( 8-Jul-2008 14:23:17) |
IIRC, the T45's have a crew of 190, however their is accomodation for an extra 35 or so crew and 30 or so embarked personnel
so in a war situation you are probably talking about a crew of ~240. |
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Posts: 1461 ( 8-Jul-2008 14:55:13) |
Lean manning is an issue - they are a bit short on juniors which makes life harder for everyone. Also very cramped with extras on board- one of the reasons why
they rarely embark flag staffs.
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