Canadian River Class Destroyer Megathread

[suffolkowner]

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Building the Royal Navy’s silent hunter: Type 26 frigate programme update - Navy Lookout

On the day the new Shipbuilding Hall at Govan was formally opened, we were invited to BAE Systems’ Clyde facilities to visit HMS Glasgow and see the progress resulting from a £300M portfolio of investment in the yards. On board HMS Glasgow is due to begin sea trials this year, although there is...

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"Like all first-of-class warships, HMS Glasgow is a prototype, which contributed to its drawn out 11-year, lay down to IOC timescale. Construction was extended by disruptions such as the COVID and technical issues with the gearboxes. BAES is now transitioning into the main production phase and anticipates that, from ship five onwards, a steady drumbeat of one vessel per year will be achievable, each taking approximately 66 months to build."

 

[Underway]

The thing that stands out to me is the noise reduction and stealth aspects. The ship will be very quiet, though I have some concerns that the some care was not taken when they cut and paste in the AEGIS system and its own cooling, cable trays etc...

Certainly not as important as engines or shaftlines but important nevertheless. Don't want to undo all the work that went into to making the sub hunter quiet, because of lack of attention to our own additions.