Canadian River Class Destroyer Megathread

[JMCanada]

Meanwhile ... a rumour within Spain has been made public: NAVANTIA & the Spanish Navy have shown the jointly developed flight II of the F110 frigate. Let me remember that the contract for the first (batch I) 5x F110 was signed just a few months after the first contract was signed with Irving for the RCD.

It's a pity they only say two, not three or four.

Navantia confirma que la Armada contará con dos fragatas F-110 Flight II, dotadas con 64 sistemas de lanzamiento vertical de misiles

Navantia ha confirmado que la Armada tendrá dos F-110 Flight II con 64 VLS, sistemas de lanzamiento vertical de misiles, Mk 41, más defensa aérea, 6.700 toneladas y hasta 29 nudos

www.defensa.com

 

[childs56]

Meanwhile ... a rumour within Spain has been made public: NAVANTIA & the Spanish Navy have shown the jointly developed flight II of the F110 frigate. Let me remember that the contract for the first (batch I) 5x F110 was signed just a few months after the first contract was signed with Irving for the RCD.
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It's a pity they only say two, not three or four.

Navantia confirma que la Armada contará con dos fragatas F-110 Flight II, dotadas con 64 sistemas de lanzamiento vertical de misiles

Navantia ha confirmado que la Armada tendrá dos F-110 Flight II con 64 VLS, sistemas de lanzamiento vertical de misiles, Mk 41, más defensa aérea, 6.700 toneladas y hasta 29 nudos

www.defensa.com

But Canada has "very" special and different requirments then all of our Allies combined. Remember we are not only building a ship, we are building an industry. dont forget we have to figure out how to work money into the freinds and family pocket without getting to openly caught.

Good for Spain to get the ball rolling with minimal delay.

 

[Cloud Cover]

I recall a story from Gulf War 1. Pre-Trump ATH was so overweight from all of the new the stuff being bolted on that everything got landed from the Wardroom, including artwork; books; the piano; panelling and all glassware, cutlery and plates, excepting only one set for each officer onboard. This exercise went on shipwide- finding tonnes of parts squirrelled away in void spaces. That all got sent to PRO to carry. Even the tanker was down to her Plimsol line.

TL;DR- naval personnel are packrats and stuff builds up over time.

Oh No! Not the piano!

 

[Cloud Cover]

Yes. We suffer from "farmer's illness".

WTF man.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

WTF man.

Farmers never throw anything away. They squirrel everything and put that stuff in a corner of the farm just because "You never know. One of these days, it may come in handy". Mind you, not all of them are like that, but quite a lot of them.

When they do a farm auction, they put all that stuff in boxes of mixed lots and by the end of that auction, most of them find a new home ... usually on another farm. I swear there must be some farms somewhere in the old Upper and Lower Canadas that have stuff that goes back to the original settlers.

 

[suffolkowner]

Australia lays keel of first Hunter-class frigate amid concerns over weight - Navy Lookout

Australia has laid the keel of the first Hunter-class frigate, marking the start of full assembly of the Royal Australian Navy's new generation of anti-submarine warships. The Hunter design is derived from the Royal Navy's Type 26 but has evolved into a considerably larger and differently...

www.navylookout.com

Progress on the Hunter

"The keel-laying ceremony for NUSHIP Hunter took place at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia today. Following naval tradition, a coin was placed beneath two blocks forming part of the keel in the presence of shipbuilders, Defence Industry Minister, Pat Conroy and Royal Australian Navy Chief, VAdm Matthew Buckley.

The two sections will now be joined by further blocks to form the hull. Construction is already well advanced across the ship, with work underway on 59 of the 78 units; these will then be consolidated into the 22 blocks that make up each ship."

the build facility