"New fleet of Type 31e frigates for British Navy" Topic
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| Tango01 | 31 Aug 2019 3:43 p.m. PST |
"According to the British Website Newspaper "The Telegraph", consortium led by defense supplier Babcock is set to be named as the preferred bidder for a £1.30 GBPbn contract to build a new fleet of Type 31e frigates for the Royal British Navy…"
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| 14th NJ Vol | 31 Aug 2019 8:26 p.m. PST |
Run Brits run, it's an
LCS ! |
| Tango01 | 01 Sep 2019 3:24 p.m. PST |
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| Mollinary | 03 Sep 2019 10:36 a.m. PST |
So it has come to this a"fleet" is now officially five frigates. But the important question remains unanswered – how many Admirals does such a ‘fleet' require? I think we should be told! ' |
| Tango01 | 03 Sep 2019 12:02 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 03 Sep 2019 12:13 p.m. PST |
Better than an LCS, as this can take up to a 5" main gun and additional lighter guns up to 40mm, plus 8x Harpoons and a 32-cell VLS. Beats the heck out of the 57mm and 30mm guns on LCS. Note that this would be 5x Type 31s in addition to 8x Type 26s. |
| Lion in the Stars | 03 Sep 2019 7:20 p.m. PST |
Now that I'm back online: This still isn't enough ships to be able to have more than 1+2/3 Type 31s and 2+2/3 Type 26s deployed at any given time, and really runs into issues potentially having all the Type 31s stuck at the pier. It's a basic statement of fact that you should expect a ship to be able to make one 6-9month deployment every 18-27 months. 33% availability. That's standard surface ship and attack submarine availability. With dedicated design, two crews per ship, an immense amount of shore-side support, and not making deployments away from those shore-side support facilities(!), you can raise that availability to somewhere between 67% and 75% availability. That's standard missile submarine availability. And that is obscenely expensive, look at how much the Columbia-class or Dreadnought-class submarine programs are expected to cost. Those are the choices you have. |
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