Type 31 Frigates

[maffski]

Vitorio said:

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I was also surprised to learn that in WWII there were escort carriers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escort_carrier) as small as 134m, with roughly 120m flight deck, for fighters :O

Luxury...


Catapult Aircraft Merchant ship

[Sylvaforever]

maffski said:

Vitorio said:

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I was also surprised to learn that in WWII there were escort carriers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escort_carrier) as small as 134m, with roughly 120m flight deck, for fighters :O

Luxury...


Catapult Aircraft Merchant ship

Bravest of the brave.

[Vitorio]

maffski said:

Luxury...


Catapult Aircraft Merchant ship

Holy crap, ditching a fighter after use.. must be scary as it gets..

But i guess sacrificing a fighter makes sense if it prevents the loss of even a single merchant ship, never mind if you can actually take down on of those nazi bds.

[Elroy Blue]

The Think Defence Twitter page has done a cost analysis and concluded with this figure. Pretty damning. £1.5 billion without a ship in sight

'So all in all, we have spent about £1.5 billion on Type 23 replacement so far plus over 300m for additional OPV's no one wants'

[Elroy Blue]

£1.5 billion to 'design' a ship? I do admire your optimism at the efficiency of the MOD and Bae

[hidetheelephants]

It doesn't cost £1.5bn to design a frigate, that number will include a load of longlead items and perhaps even the £180m for the new popgun.