Zitat:GROSSBRITANNIEN

Zehn Jahre nach ihrer Ausmusterung soll die Fregatte SCYLLA jetzt vor der Südostküste Cornwalls versenkt werden.

Das 1970 in Dienst gestellte zur LEANDER-Klasse gehörende Schiff war in der 80-er Jahren noch modernisiert worden (u.a. Nachrüstung mit Seeziel-FK Exocet), 1993 dann aber parallel zum Zulauf neuer Fregatten der DUKE-Klasse (Type 23) ausgemustert worden. Da die SCYLLA in den vergangenen Jahren letzte noch in britischen Gewässern "schwimmende" Fregatte der LEANDER-Klasse war und zugleich auch letztes in Plymouth für die Royal Navy gebautes Kriegsschiff ist, gab es verschiedene Vorstöße, sie als Museumsschiff zu erhalten. Diese scheiterten allerdings regelmäßig an den damit verbundenen Kosten.

Nun hat das National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth die SCYLLA für etwa 300.000 Euro gekauft. In den nächsten Tagen wird sie von Portsmouth - wo sie in den letzten Jahren aufgelegen hatte - nach Plymouth geschleppt. Nach umweltgerechter Vorbereitung soll die Fregatte dann demnächst in 20 m Wassertiefe vor der Whitsand Bay (Cornwall) versenkt und als künstliches Riff zur Unterwasserattraktion für Sporttaucher werden.

Ausgemusterte Kriegsschiffe wurden u.a. bereits in Kanada, Australien, Neuseeland und vor Kuba einer solchen "Endverwendung" zugeführt. In Europa ist die Umwandlung der SCYLLA in ein Riff aber Premiere.

Zitat:The MoD is considering plans for a second batch of up to three more of these potent boats, and the final decision is expected at the end of 2003.

Zitat:HMS Astute will displace 7,800 tonnes dived and is 97 metres long, she will have six weapons tubes a massively increased firepower compared to predecessors and will be equipped from day one to operate cruise missiles.
The Astute Class submarines will be built with six 533 mm torpedo tubes and they will be able to carry a total of 36 torpedoes, missiles and mines. Weapons will include the Spearfish torpedo and Submarine-Harpoon anti-ship missile.The Astute Class submarines will also carry Tomahawk.

Zitat:155mm Naval Fire Support
In collaboration with DERA and GIAT, RO Defence are involved in a jointly funded study to assess future naval fire-support requirements for the Royal Navy. Work will focus on the potential to develop a 155mm naval gun which could take advantage of standard NATO ammunition and new extended-range guided munitions already in development for land-based 155mm artillery. The study was intended to identify key enabling technologies, risk-reduction and the most affordable approaches to future naval fire support.

A key driver for the programme is to examine the feasibility of using standard 155mm modular charge ammunition in a naval environment. This would provide commonality with land-based ammunition stocks, thereby leveraging existing development efforts and driving down cost.

However, the development of charge-handling technology able to achieve an adequate rate of fire (in the order of 20rds/min) is seen as a major challenge. Current naval gun systems use single-piece cartridges with less complex handling requirements.

A range in the order of 100km is sought. However, it is acknowledged that a baseline system might enter service with ammunition offering a range of 60-70km, with a full capability to be realised at a later date.

The RN aspires to introduce a new 155mm gun to service as part of the incremental acquisition plan for the new Type 45 destroyer. Although the first three Type 45s will enter service with the existing Mk 8 Mod 1 gun, space and weight margins in the design will provide for a successor 155mm system to be fitted in subsequent ships and retrofitted to those vessels initially deploying with the Mk 8 Mod 1.

Zitat:Length: 152.4m

Max Beam: 21.2m

Displacement: Approximately 7,350 tonnes

Speed: 27 knots +

Range: 7000 nautical miles at 18 knots

Complement: approx. 190 (with space for 235)

Stores endurance: 45 days

Structure in accordance with Lloyds Naval Ship Rules.

Zitat:PAAMS (Long Range Radar, Multi-Function Radar)

Aster 15 and Aster 30 missiles

Identification, Friend or Foe

Combat Management System

Navigation Suite

Communications Suite

Electronic Warfare Suite

Meteorological Suite

Optical and Electro-optical Detection

Medium Calibre Gun

Close Range Guns

Sonar

Anti-torpedo Defence

Data Links

Helicopter - Lynx or Merlin

Provision for Surface to Surface guided weapon

Provision for Anti Air Warfare Inner Layer Defence

Provision for Torpedo Launch Systems

Zitat:The Strategic Defence Review underlined the key importance of Brigade sized amphibious operations as part of the Joint Rapid Reaction Force.

Zitat:Four Bay Class Large Amphibious Landing Ships have been ordered, the first two of which are already under construction. RFAs Largs Bay and Lyme Bay are under construction at Swan Hunter Tyneside. Mounts Bay and Cardigan Bay will be built at BAE Systems Govan Yard on the Clyde and are due to enter service in 2005.

Zitat:Following a requirement stated in the Strategic Defence Review for a new larger class of aircraft carrier, as a replacement for the three existing Invincible class ships, the CVF was conceived.

Zitat:CVF (Future Aircraft Carrier)
Displacement: Around 60,000 tonnes
Length: 290m
Beam: 75m
Complement: Around 1200
Machinery: Propulsion: Integrated Full Electric Propulsion Using gas turbines and/or diesels.

Maximum Speed: 25+ knots.

Maximum Range: About 10,000 nautical miles.
Weapons Systems: Aircraft: Up to 48. Typically a mix of F35 combat aircraft, Merlin anti-submarine aircraft and Maritime Airborne Surveillance & Control aircraft.

Self-defence: To be decided
Base Port: Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Zitat:River Class Statistics
Displacement: 1,677 tonnes
Length: 79.5 metres
Breadth: 13.6 metres
Depth: 3.8 metres
Complement: 30 (Plus Royal Marine boarding party)
Speed: 16.5 kts
Range: 7800 nautical miles at 12 knots
Armament: 1 x 20mm British Manufacturing and Research Company (BMARC) KAA Gun
2 x General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG)
Sensors: X and S Band ARPA Radars ECDIS, Data DGPS
Loran C, Gyro and Magnetic Compasses
Log and Echo Sounder, Wind Speed and Direction Data Recording Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) Tracking System GMDSS Area A3 Military communications
Ships Boats: 2x Halmatic Jet Pacific 22 Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIB)
Machinery: 2 x Ruston 12RK 270 Main Engines developing 4125kW @ 1000rpm
Controllable pitch propellers
280kW Bow Thruster
3 x 250kW main generators
1 x emergency generator
VTC Control and Monitoring System

Zitat:The Future Surface Combatant (FSC) is the Royal Navy’s plan to look at designing a future warship that will eventually replace the Type 22 and Type 23 Frigates when they come to the end of their operational working lives.

Zitat:A trimaran (three-hulled) ship would be a high profile, revolutionary design that would offer the benefits of being more stable in rougher sea states, more efficient in the water (less drag) and give more deck space to install weapons systems and allow more area for landing helicopters on the flight deck.

Zitat:GROSSBRITANNIEN

BAe Systems hat die ersten vier von insgesamt zehn neuen Landungsbooten vom Typ LCU Mk-10 an die Royal Navy geliefert.

Die zur schnelleren Be- und Entladung mit Bug- und Heckrampe ("Drive Through") ausgestatteten 240-ts-Boote sind sowohl für den arktischen als auch den tropischen Einsatz ausgelegt. Zwei Pump-Jets (Wasserstrahl-Triebwerke) als Hauptantriebsanlage geben ihnen bei Geschwindigkeiten von über acht Knoten herausragende Manövriereigenschaften vor allem im Flachwasser. Ein LCU Mk-10 kann einen schweren Kampfpanzer bzw. vier LKW oder 120 Soldaten transportieren.

Jeweils vier LCU Mk-10 sollen künftig an Bord (im Dockteil) der neuen Docklandungsschiffe ALBION und BULWARK mitgeführt werden. Mit ihrer siebenköpfigen Besatzung können sie aber bis zu 14 Tage lang auch unabhängig von ihren Mutterschiffen operieren.

Zitat:Designed to self-deploy over 900 miles without refueling, with four external ferry tanks, the WAH-64 also has folding blades to facilitate operations from the Royal Navy's new helicopter carrier, HMS Ocean. Sixty-seven Westland Apaches were purchased: 48 for "front line" use, 9 kept as reserves/floats, 8 used for training, and 2 for testing. It is planned, that, after 2004, one of the WAH-64 squadrons will also be earmarked to support amphibious deployments of the 3d Commando Brigade.

Zitat:Helicopters: Hanger and flight deck facilities for up to 18 helicopters, typically a mix of 12 RN operated Westland Commando Sea King HC.4 plus 6 Royal Marine operated Gazelle AH.1 or Westland Lynx AH.7, or (from 2003) 6 Army operated Apache WAH-64D.