Recent content by JMCanada

Fully agree with you. Period. Yet it seems that the actual system of Hydrogen storage for the 212 CD has not been publicly disclosed, not even before the Canadian announcement to join the program, and there is some speculation on other forums that Methanol reformer might be ready, pending on a...

TKMS has been working for years on the development of a methanol reformer, so that hydrogen might be obtained (by chemical reactions) from methanol and not stored as metallic hydrides. If the development is well ahead might be the 212 CDs submarines would use methanol, which would be easier to...

Well, in Spain they say that the Aussies were not able to "read" the drawings... But I don't know anything, I was not there, just the rumours... On the other side (from IA): Navantia is formally contracted and authorized by the U.S. Navy to perform maintenance and repair on U.S. Navy...

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...

Back to my point, I was talking about idle Engineering capabilities at Seaspan while they build the 16 (not sure if that's the number) medium ice-breakers. Those CDCs might be built somewhere else. NSS should not be taken as written in stone forever, there should be margin for evolution as...

Then CDCs come into the picture, ideally 3 batches of 5-6 each.

Exactly, it's like that. The ship was Exxon Valdez. (The "s" became "z" ).

Maybe you didn't notice, but both Galiano and Valdes fought at Trafalgar. The first commanded the 3rd rate Bahama (74) and died in the battle. Valdés commanded Neptuno (80), being in the Vanguard did not flee away as his French counterparts (Mont-Blanc, Duguay-Trouin, Formidable and Scipion)...

I know, and it's a pity. That's why I was as surprised as happy to see those two names being proposed for two of the boats. The exploration reached up to the coast of Alaska, there are some 20-30 place names there named in these expeditions. Cordova, as an example.

As I am Spanish/Spaniard, so happy to see those names in the list !! Missing Valdes Island in the list, who remained with Galiano in the area, both commanding the schooners "Sutil" and "Mexicana", having to leave Malaspina's expedition (to better explore and make maps of the area) . Dionisio...

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/07/euroguard-m-sasv-project-moves-from-design-to-reality-with-hull-presentation/

Because ice may block the inlet of the duct and also the propeller inside the duct. Additionally electric propulsion is preferred in ice because electric protections would trip if the propeller gets blocked. A diesel engine may get damaged in that case. Both of them are way above 5,000 tonnes...

Fully agree, I don't consider electric propulsion as complex. Both the MCDVs and AOPS have It. The only issue is how to reach 25 knots. a) with two or four diesel engines (added) b) with one gas turbine (could be the LM2500+) c) a combined (but more complex) solution like two diesels (for...

Since the WARP (central waterjet) is not a good option for an Arctic vessel, I would add two electric motors (about 2.0 to 2.5 MW each) for electric propulsion up to 15-16 knots. Obviously, the diesel generators should be dimensioned (rated) accordingly.

Well,... I meant SK 5 (+2 option), DE 5 (+2 option). Not all the eggs in the same basket, and some margin to benefit the best performing.