Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers - Page 72

blahblah · November 3rd, 2009, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Manchester Planner

They're £1bn overbudget for the simple and only reason that the government decided a year ago that they should be built slower to save money per year even though it costs more overall to do so!

So the fuckwits that are the Labour Government ("couldn't run a piss-up in a brewery" always springs to mind, especially when I see that complete twat of a man Gordon "no election or referendum" Brown) deliberately delayed and made more expensive the aircraft carrier programme! Fucks sake. And that's just one of many such idiotic decisions made by this idiotic shower we call the government.

They'll be sending warships to sea without any missiles installed next!

Oh shit. They already did.

madjackmcmad · November 5th, 2009, 02:37 PM

Come now blahblah, it's pretty routine for ships not to carry a full complement of weapons unless they're going somewhere 'hot'

blahblah · November 5th, 2009, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by madjackmcmad

Come now blahblah, it's pretty routine for ships not to carry a full complement of weapons unless they're going somewhere 'hot'

I was referring to HMS Daring not having any Sea Viper missiles at all put in until 2012(?)

With her not having any Goalkeeper, the "World's most advanced anti air destroyer" has only the 2 large machine guns for anti aircraft use.

madjackmcmad · November 5th, 2009, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blahblah

I was referring to HMS Daring not having any Sea Viper missiles at all put in until 2012(?)

With her not having any Goalkeeper, the "World's most advanced anti air destroyer" has only the 2 large machine guns for anti aircraft use.

She'll be fully equipped with Phalanx & Aster on her first strategic mission though. That's all that is important.

Vanguard · November 6th, 2009, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blahblah

I was referring to HMS Daring not having any Sea Viper missiles at all put in until 2012(?)

With her not having any Goalkeeper, the "World's most advanced anti air destroyer" has only the 2 large machine guns for anti aircraft use.

Found this in that link madjack posted.

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Article...ier+supply.htm

Quote:

On current plans Daring, the first ship of class, will enter service with anti-air warfare performance having been tested but before the missile is first fired from a destroyer and before the full on-board PAAMS package is complete in mid 2011.

The MoD believes that, if necessary, it could deploy Daring and make use of Sea Viper when the ship enters service in 2009.

madjackmcmad · November 6th, 2009, 10:58 PM

Yup, it won't go anywhere 'hot' until all is ready - it would never be sent anywhere with being up to speed. Testing and trials are notoriously long winded. I bet in a wartime situation she could be fully equipped within a week now.

laizard · November 9th, 2009, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by madjackmcmad

Yup, it won't go anywhere 'hot' until all is ready - it would never be sent anywhere with being up to speed. Testing and trials are notoriously long winded. I bet in a wartime situation she could be fully equipped within a week now.

I know a place in the world where she can be quite WARM welcomed by a couple of albatroses with anchors painted on their wings!!!!

madjackmcmad · November 9th, 2009, 01:19 PM

The only thing smouldering 'warm' Lazyboy will be your ancient 1980's planes if they turn up against a T45!

JackSwan · November 9th, 2009, 01:36 PM

wing cdr. alfatwat three minutes into his engagement with hms daring:

laizard · November 9th, 2009, 01:47 PM

Chaps, as long as she doesn´t get the definitive "punch" set, that beautiful rose of england can be easily carbonized by the old etendards with the flying fishes!

HOI · November 9th, 2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by laizard

I know a place in the world where she can be quite WARM welcomed by a couple of albatroses with anchors painted on their wings!!!!

You really do hold your tin pot military in high regard don't you?

laizard · November 9th, 2009, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by HOI

You really do hold your tin pot military in high regard don't you?

You seem to be one of those very proud of carrying illegal invasions and crimes like in Iraq...!
Rather do prefer to be a part of a tin pot military than of a pirate one!

blahblah · November 9th, 2009, 09:58 PM

FFS! Can we please keep this pathetic dick waving racist bullshit in one fucking thread.

Manchester Planner · November 9th, 2009, 11:04 PM

There's always the ignore list chaps.

JackSwan · November 9th, 2009, 11:09 PM

until construction begins picking up and pictures start emerging, this thread is going to be a bit thin - hence the pathetic dick-waving racist bullshit.

AdmiralAnthony · November 9th, 2009, 11:11 PM

Hey ho might as well say that Laizard is a twat and i hope that tomorrow on his way to school he gets run over by a bus......

Vanguard · November 10th, 2009, 07:12 AM

More contracts signed.

http://www.jarrowandhebburngazette.c...-of.5807403.jp

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Yard wins £55m slice of carrier order

Published Date: 09 November 2009
A SOUTH Tyneside shipyard has won a £55m slice of a contract to build aircraft carriers, it was announced today.

A&P Tyne, Hebburn, will build two sections of the UK's future flagships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.

The contract will help safeguard more than 200 jobs at the yard over the next five years.

Welcoming the news, A&P Tyne managing director David Skentelbery said: "Our Hebburn workforce has a proud tradition of delivering a first-rate job, and I have no doubt that they will continue to do so on this hugely prestigious contract.

"At A&P Tyne, we are set to deliver a substantial part of these ships and I am delighted that we can represent the north east on the project."

There were fears the Hebburn yard could lose out on the contract, if Conservatives win the next general election and axe the massive £4bn project, and the £55m contract is still smaller in value than the mooted £75m deal.

But today's announcement by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA) was warmly welcomed by Jarrow MP Stephen Hepburn.

He said: "This is an historic day for shipbuilding in the North East.

"It is fantastic that the A&P Tyne workforce, particularly the young apprentices starting a career at the yard, will have the opportunity to work on a project which is so important to the nation."

A&P Tyne is fabrication facility capable of turning out up to 10,000 tonnes of steel per annum for marine and civil structures.

The QE Class aircraft carriers will be the biggest surface warships ever built in the UK.

ACA programme director Geoff Searle said: "This is a fantastic day for A&P Tyne and for the ACA.

"These carriers will be this country's future flagships, so our primary focus and that of our contractors is ensuring we deliver the best vessels possible to the Royal Navy."

blahblah · November 10th, 2009, 01:31 PM

Thanks Vanguard. An informative post.

Manchester Planner · November 10th, 2009, 02:44 PM

http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/...ers-14448.html

"Tyneside shipbuilders A&P are celebrating the return of Naval shipbuilding to the North East today with the award of a £55M contract to construct a section of the Royal Navy’s giant new aircraft carriers."

"The massive construction project, which will provide around five years’ work for A&P and support the 210-strong workforce, will see A&P construct a 1,000 tonne section that will form part of the first of the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers."

Only the first..? Hmm..!

HOI · November 10th, 2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by laizard

You seem to be one of those very proud of carrying illegal invasions and crimes like in Iraq...!
Rather do prefer to be a part of a tin pot military than of a pirate one!

Easily the second option. Which I soon shall be.

November 9th, 2009, 09:58 PM	#1433
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November 10th, 2009, 01:31 PM	#1438
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November 5th, 2009, 02:37 PM	#1422
madjackmcmad Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London Posts: 3,980 Likes (Received): 1	Come now blahblah, it's pretty routine for ships not to carry a full complement of weapons unless they're going somewhere 'hot'

November 6th, 2009, 10:58 PM	#1426
madjackmcmad Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London Posts: 3,980 Likes (Received): 1	Yup, it won't go anywhere 'hot' until all is ready - it would never be sent anywhere with being up to speed. Testing and trials are notoriously long winded. I bet in a wartime situation she could be fully equipped within a week now.

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madjackmcmad Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London Posts: 3,980 Likes (Received): 1	The only thing smouldering 'warm' Lazyboy will be your ancient 1980's planes if they turn up against a T45!

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JackSwan click click Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Suffolk, England Posts: 7,905 Likes (Received): 97	wing cdr. alfatwat three minutes into his engagement with hms daring:

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laizard BANNED Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Aus der Neuen Welt aber in der Alten Welt Posts: 2,754 Likes (Received): 0	Chaps, as long as she doesn´t get the definitive "punch" set, that beautiful rose of england can be easily carbonized by the old etendards with the flying fishes!

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Manchester Planner Chief Bureaucrat Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,848 Likes (Received): 1	There's always the ignore list chaps.

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JackSwan click click Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Suffolk, England Posts: 7,905 Likes (Received): 97	until construction begins picking up and pictures start emerging, this thread is going to be a bit thin - hence the pathetic dick-waving racist bullshit.

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November 10th, 2009, 02:44 PM	#1439
Manchester Planner Chief Bureaucrat Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,848 Likes (Received): 1	http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/...ers-14448.html "Tyneside shipbuilders A&P are celebrating the return of Naval shipbuilding to the North East today with the award of a £55M contract to construct a section of the Royal Navy’s giant new aircraft carriers." "The massive construction project, which will provide around five years’ work for A&P and support the 210-strong workforce, will see A&P construct a 1,000 tonne section that will form part of the first of the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers." Only the first..? Hmm..!