Their Team Resolute bid to build the FSS ships would rely heavily on Spanish shipbuilders Navantia but would be the key to reviving the Belfast facility. Infrastrata have been surprisingly bullish about reviving the prospects of defunct yards. Rumours that the Type 26 frigate programme could be capped at just 3 ships, instead of the planned 8, always seemed very unlikely from a political, industrial and naval perspective.Р”Р‡ollowing their purchase of the closed Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast in December 2019, Infrastrata purchased the Appledore shipyard that was closed by Babcock in March 2019.

This is encouraging as it would suggest the FSS project will survive the defence review and be built in the UK. This is going to be a fantastic time for investment in shipbuilding.РІР‚Сњ While public confidence in government promises is pretty low at present, it is unlikely Johnson would make such firm statements unless there we definite orders in the pipeline. On 17 September The Prime Minister, speaking before the Commons Liaison Committee, said РІР‚СљOn shipbuilding alone, you should look at the ambitions of the Defence Secretary and what we are doing with the Fleet Solid Support ships, the investments we are making in frigates, the Type 31s, the Type 26s.

QENS Barzan and Al Wusail seen from HMS Brocklesby in the Gulf during bilateral exercises with the Qatari Navy. A stretched 62m РІР‚в„ўSuper-VitaРІР‚в„ў version of the same design was used for the domestically-built Roussen class for the Greek Navy in a very protracted programme that delivered 7 ships between 2002 РІР‚вЂњ 2020. The Barzan displaces 380 tonnes and is 56m in length.

Gun armament consists of Oto Melara 76mm and a Goalkeeper CIWS mount. The French-supplied missile armament consists of two quadruple launchers for MM40 Exocets AShM and a sextuple Sadral launcher for Mistral point defence SAM. The Barzan is driven by 4 MTU 20V 538 TB93 diesels and has a maximum speed of 35 knots. These vessels are unlike anything found in the RN inventory, being heavily armed for their size, designed for short-range operations to defend littoral waters. The four ships QENS Barzan, Huwar, Al Udeid and Al Deebel were delivered between 1996-98. In 1992 Qatar ordered four Barzan (Vita) Class fast strike craft for the Qatar Emiri Navy from Vosper Thornycroft which were built at their Woolston yard in Southampton. (The Montreux Convention governs access to the Black Sea and warships may only stay for 21 days and HMS Albion exceeds the 15,000-ton treaty limit for warships). If this project is agreed, the UK is apparently ready to finance other similar projects for the Ukrainian Navy.Р”Р‡ulfilling the promises of the Minister, HMS Enterprise transited East through the Bosphorus on 16th September and HMS Dragon is likely to visit later in the year as part of the LRG(X) Deployment. The first two ships would be constructed in the UK with a technology and skills transfer to allow the remaining 6 vessels to be completed in Ukraine. The unconfirmed report says he also offered a loan of Р’Р€1.2 billion, to be repaid over about 10 years, in order to finance the construction of 8 missile boats based on the Vosper Thornycroft-designed Barzan class vessels built for Qatar in the 1990s. Wallace promised the RN would send more ships to the region this year and assist in delivering an international maritime training package for the Ukrainian navy. As a result of the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 by Russia, Ukraine lost much of its naval capability and faces a growing menace from its giant neighbour in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. Here we take a speculative look at this proposal and developments in the shipbuilding industry.Р”Вefence Secretary, Ben Wallace visited Kyiv on 18th August and discussed РІР‚Сљareas of mutual interest and cooperationРІР‚Сњ with Ukrainian defence minister, Andriy Taran and commander-in-chief, Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak. Reports in local media suggest the British government has offered to provide a loan to Ukraine so their navy can purchase 8 fast attack craft, with the first two vessels being built in the UK.

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