Royal Navy

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Ark Royal being scrapped. Never seen this before. Sad, but fascinating. And impressive. pic.twitter.com/PJrPzv3uIg

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Royal Navy ship that has had £29million worth of refits now axed four years early

21:27, 6 Oct 2016

RFA Diligence is the only vessel dedicated to repairing stricken Navy boats and submarines at sea


Naval chiefs planned to use RFA Diligence until 2020 but she will go on sale soon

A Royal Navy support ship that underwent almost £29m worth of refits in the last three years is being axed four years early.

RFA Diligence, the only vessel dedicated to repairing stricken Navy boats and submarines at sea, is being sold in the latest cost-cutting Tory move.

Major revamps were carried out from June 2012 to February 2013 and from September 2014 to February 2015, costing £17.6m and £11m respectively.

Naval chiefs planned to keep her in service until 2020.

But the 10,595-tonne vessel will be withdrawn before the end of this year.

Defence Minster Earl Howe admitted in a parliamentary answer: “Taking into account Diligence's age and increasing obsolescence, it was concluded that retaining her in service would no longer represent good value for money to the taxpayer and the decision was taken to retire her early.”

Former Head of the Navy, Admiral Lord West, branded it ‘a debacle’.

He said: “It’s a waste.

“The first refit was done to extend her life to 2020, that was the whole point.

“The next refit was done because there were certain regulations that had to be complied with.

“When you add the two together, that’s quite a lot of money.

“There is insufficient money in the defence programme, and particularly the Navy programme, to run the things that should be being run.

“That’s why things are being squeezed.”

The former Security Minister feared RFA Argus, the hospital ship sent to West Africa in 2014 to help ebola relief, could also be sold or scrapped.

He said: “I think it’s quite likely we will find that will go too.”

The peer raised wider concerns about the Navy, with the six £1bn Type 45 destroyers needing vital engine replacements and ongoing delays to the Type 26 frigate projects.

Just eight vessels will replace the existing Type 23 frigates, with vague plans for five ‘lighter frigates’.

Lord West said: “There are real problems for the Naval programme and ensuring it is being properly funded and developed – and Diligence is part of that.

“I don’t think they intend to run down the Navy, but because of lack of funding that is effectively what’s happening.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ro ... th-8994164

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he UK MoD has announced that the first Type 26 frigate will be laid down next summer. This may seem premature, but it is crucial to show that the program is on a firm footing in order to qualify for tenders in Canada and elsewhere. (BAE image)

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/

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Portugal poderia compras 3 destas do Imperio Britanico para substituir as Vasquinho da Gama .Canada e Nova Zelandia deveriam considerar este navio também .

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Portugal não tem dinheiro para mandar cantar um cego.

As 2 KD , se tudo correr como planeado, irão começar a ser modernizadas no ano que vem (a Bartolomeu Dias irá para a Holanda, e a D. Francisco de Almeida será modernizada em 2018 no Arsenal do Alfeite), ficando equiparadas ás suas congéneres Holandesas e belgas.

Quanto ás VdG tb devem sofrer "alguma" modernização mas nada por aí além, ficando como uma 2ª linha e ficando as KD para as missões NATO.

Quando estiverem totalmente obsoletas , aí logo se vê o que há no mercado de usados.

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no seguimento da noticia anterior:

BAE Systems to Begin Building Next UK Warships in 2017

Posted by Eric Haun November 4, 2016

BAE Systems said it will cut first steel for the U.K. Royal Navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ships in Glasgow in summer 2017, subject to final contract negotiations with the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD).


“Backed by Britain’s rising defense budget, the Type 26 Program will deliver a new generation of cutting-edge warships for our Royal Navy at best value for taxpayers,” said Defense Secretary Michael Fallon during a visit to BAE Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow. “The U.K. government’s commitment today will secure hundreds of high-skilled shipbuilding jobs on the Clyde for at least two decades and hundreds more in the supply chain across Britain.”

Ian King, Chief Executive, BAE Systems, said, “Today’s announcement secures a strong foundation for the next two decades of shipbuilding at our facilities in Scotland. It is a vote of confidence in our employees’ capabilities in the design, construction, integration and commissioning of warships.”

The U.K. government committed to eight advanced antisubmarine warfare ships in its 2015 Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR) and has to date invested a total of £1.9 billion in the program. Manufacturing contracts are already in place for the procurement of major equipment for the first three ships, supporting progress to the full manufacturing program in Glasgow. To date there are 27 companies in the supply chain working with BAE Systems to deliver the Type 26 ships, with manufacturing of the ships’ air weapons handling systems, gas turbines, and electric propulsion motor and drive systems underway across the UK. BAE Systems is also under contract to manufacture the Maritime Indirect Fire System, including its 5-inch 62 caliber Mk 45 gun, for the first three Type 26 ships and the MOD has announced a contract with MBDA to deliver the Sea Ceptor self-defense missile system for the fleet.

The Type 26 Global Combat Ship will be a world-class antisubmarine warfare ship and will replace the Type 23 frigates. Globally deployable, it will be capable of undertaking a wide range of roles from high intensity warfare to humanitarian assistance, either operating independently or as part of a task group.

BAE Systems and the U.K. government will also continue to progress export campaigns for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship with other navies around the world with similar requirements, including Canada and Australia.

Plans are also on track to finalize a contract to build two further Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), which the government committed to in the SDSR, providing continuous warship production in Glasgow through to the Type 26 program. The first three River Class OPVs are already under construction at BAE Systems’ facilities in Glasgow. Construction of first of class, FORTH, began in October 2014, second of class, MEDWAY, began in June 2015 while TRENT began in October 2015.

The OPV design builds on the Royal Navy's existing River Class ships and variants are already in service in Brazil and Thailand. Engineers at BAE Systems have modified the design to meet the requirements of the Royal Navy in support of UK interests both at home and abroad. The new River Class OPVs will be globally deployable and capable of ocean patrol.


http://marinelink.com/news/building-war ... tems417906

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UK to retire GWS60 Harpoon at end of 2018

Richard Scott, London - IHS Jane's Missiles & Rockets
11 November 2016


The GWS60/Harpoon system is fitted to the RN's 13 Type 23 frigates. Shown here is a High Seas Firing from HMS Argyll. Source: UK Ministry of Defence

Key Points
Retirement of Harpoon will leave RN warships without a heavyweight surface-to-surface guided weapon
The United Kingdom currently has no funded programme for a Harpoon replacement

The United Kingdom will withdraw the GWS60/Harpoon Block 1C anti-ship missile from Royal Navy (RN) service at the end of 2018 without replacement, IHS Jane's has learned.

The retirement of Harpoon will leave RN warships without a heavyweight surface-to-surface guided weapon (SSGW), opening up a gap in over-the-horizon anti-surface warfare capability. Furthermore, with the helicopter-launched Sea Skua missile going out of service (OSD) at the end of March 2017, the RN will be devoid of any anti-surface guided weapon for about two years pending the introduction of the Sea Venom/ANL lightweight anti-ship missile on the Wildcat HMA.2 helicopter in late 2020.

Harpoon Block 1C is a turbojet-powered sea-skimming missile that is autonomous from launch. Cruising at a speed of Mach 0.9, and credited with a maximum range of about 130 km, the missile flies out steering to a commanded heading, using inertial guidance, before then searching a designated area for its target with a J-band active radar seeker. Several flightpath waypoints can be programmed before launch using the AN/SWG-1A ship command/launch control system.

Originally developed by McDonnell Douglas, now Boeing, the GWS 60 Harpoon system was competitively procured in 1984 to meet the RN's need, set out in Staff Requirement (Sea) 6548, for a second-generation SSGW to equip its Type 22 Batch 3 frigates and Type 23 frigates. The system currently equips all 13 Type 23 frigates, plus three out of the RN's six Type 45 destroyers; in the latter case, HMS Daring, HMS Diamond, and HMS Duncan are all equipped with redundant Harpoon ship equipments transferred from the now decommissioned Type 22 Batch 3 frigates.

In July 2014 a Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) solicitation for GWS60 in-service support and post-design services confirmed 2018 as the current planned OSD for Harpoon.

http://www.janes.com/article/65445/uk-t ... nd-of-2018

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Upgrade das Type 23:






http://www.baesystems.com/en/article/hm ... naval-base

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Royal Navy warships to lose anti-ship missiles


The Royal Navy will lose its anti-ship missile capability in 2018 when the Harpoon missile is withdrawn.

While the fleet will still have an anti-ship capability via the submarine fleet and embarked helicopters, this will still be a significant capability gap.

Harpoon missiles are unlikely to be replaced for up to a decade.

Many however describe Harpoon as totally inadequate for anti-surface warfare in today’s environment, many however also argue that it’s a useful capability and in the words of a Royal Navy officer we spoke to this morning ‘better than nothing’.

According to the Telegraph, Rear-Admiral Chris Parry, said:

“It’s a significant capability gap and the Government is being irresponsible. It just shows that our warships are for the shop window and not for fighting.”

Former First Sea Lord, Lord West of Spithead said:

“This is just another example of where the lack of money is squeezing and making the nation less safe.We will have this gap of several years without missiles. Well, that’s fine if you don’t have to fight anybody in the meantime.”

The Harpoon was developed and manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). In 2004, Boeing delivered the 7,000th Harpoon unit since the weapon’s introduction in 1977. The Harpoon uses active radar homing, and a low-level, sea-skimming cruise trajectory to improve survivability and lethality.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/royal-n ... ign=social

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Royal Navy warships to lose anti-ship missiles


The Royal Navy will lose its anti-ship missile capability in 2018 when the Harpoon missile is withdrawn.

While the fleet will still have an anti-ship capability via the submarine fleet and embarked helicopters, this will still be a significant capability gap.

Harpoon missiles are unlikely to be replaced for up to a decade.

Many however describe Harpoon as totally inadequate for anti-surface warfare in today’s environment, many however also argue that it’s a useful capability and in the words of a Royal Navy officer we spoke to this morning ‘better than nothing’.

According to the Telegraph, Rear-Admiral Chris Parry, said:

“It’s a significant capability gap and the Government is being irresponsible. It just shows that our warships are for the shop window and not for fighting.”

Former First Sea Lord, Lord West of Spithead said:

“This is just another example of where the lack of money is squeezing and making the nation less safe.We will have this gap of several years without missiles. Well, that’s fine if you don’t have to fight anybody in the meantime.”

The Harpoon was developed and manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). In 2004, Boeing delivered the 7,000th Harpoon unit since the weapon’s introduction in 1977. The Harpoon uses active radar homing, and a low-level, sea-skimming cruise trajectory to improve survivability and lethality.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/royal-n ... ign=social

O que a falta de grana provoca...
De qq forma, esses Harpoons da RN são velhos, foram adquiridos na década de 80.

Naval Weapons
UK to retire GWS 60 Harpoon at end of 2018

Richard Scott, London - IHS Jane's Missiles & Rockets
15 November 2016


Key Points
Retirement of Harpoon will leave RN warships without a heavyweight surface-to-surface guided weapon
The United Kingdom currently has no funded programme for a Harpoon replacement
The United Kingdom will withdraw the GWS 60/Harpoon Block 1C anti-ship missile from Royal Navy (RN) service at the end of 2018 without replacement, IHS Jane's has learned.

The retirement of Harpoon will leave RN warships without a heavyweight surface-to-surface guided weapon (SSGW), opening up a gap in over-the-horizon anti-surface warfare capability. Furthermore, with the helicopter-launched Sea Skua missile going out of service (OSD) at the end of March 2017, the RN will be devoid of any anti-surface guided weapon for about two years pending the introduction of the Sea Venom/ANL lightweight anti-ship missile on the Wildcat HMA.2 helicopter in late 2020.

Harpoon Block 1C is a turbojet-powered sea-skimming missile that is autonomous from launch. Cruising at a speed of Mach 0.9, and credited with a maximum range of about 130 km, the missile flies out steering to a commanded heading, using inertial guidance, before then searching a designated area for its target with a J-band active radar seeker. Several flightpath waypoints can be programmed before launch using the AN/SWG-1A ship command/launch control system.

Originally developed by McDonnell Douglas, now Boeing, the GWS 60 Harpoon system was competitively procured in 1984 to meet the RN's need, set out in Staff Requirement (Sea) 6548, for a second-generation SSGW to equip its Type 22 Batch 3 frigates and Type 23 frigates. The system currently equips all 13 Type 23 frigates, plus three out of the RN's six Type 45 destroyers; in the latter case, HMS Daring, HMS Diamond, and HMS Duncan are all equipped with redundant Harpoon ship equipments transferred from the now decommissioned Type 22 Batch 3 frigates.

In July 2014 a Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) solicitation for GWS60 in-service support and post-design services confirmed 2018 as the current planned OSD for Harpoon.

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O Chile vai trocar os Harpoon nas Type 23 pelo Exocet Block 3.

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O Chile vai trocar os Harpoon nas Type 23 pelo Exocet Block 3.

Possivelmente os Harpoon do Chile são do mesmo lote da RN. Harpoon IC.
O mais atual é Harpoon Block II e os derivados SLAM/SLAM+ER

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A solução perece estar endereçada, mas possivelmente não ficará pronta a tempo...

UK-France Summit 3rd March 2016

We signed today a SoI confirming our intent to enter into a joint concept phase for the Future
Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) programme to identify solutions for replacement of
the Scalp/Storm Shadow missiles for both countries, Harpoon for the UK and Exocet for
France. Any Concept Phase would seek to inform by 2020 decisions concerning a
potential follow-on Assessment Phase. We are working with the objective to sign
arrangement for this Concept Phase for the end of 2016, to pave the way for possible
contracts by March 2017.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _March.pdf

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E pelos vistos não têm só falta de material, mas também de pessoal especializado!

http://www.lopinion.fr/blog/secret-defe ... nce-114378