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Post by tfly on Apr 2, 2015 19:41:32 GMT 12
6450 nautical miles seems an unusual number
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Post by raymond on Apr 2, 2015 19:50:50 GMT 12
so what happens the other 145 days... oh ok take off 102 weekend days and another 11 public holidays there is still a few left over |
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Post by macnz on Apr 3, 2015 8:16:45 GMT 12
yeah the RFI in 2013 said;
- a minimum 8,000 nautical mile-range at 16 knots, with a top speed of 18 knots.
Well by the time the residing Govt makes up it mind, we will probably be in a position to pick up one of the RN's new MARS vessels on the cheap like RAN did with HMAS Choules.
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Post by futurenz on Jun 6, 2015 0:38:15 GMT 12
The Dutch liked their new ship too much. From Wikipedia: - "On 24 April 2015 JLSS Karel Doorman was formally commissioned and hence forward 'HNLMS Karel Doorman', pennant A833. Seen on May 25th on the St. Lawrence River, in front of Baie-St-Paul (QC), Canada, navigating upstream. She also stopped at the Montreal Old Port May 26th, 2015."
Didnt realise that ship actually replaced 2 oilers as well as having the amphibious support. I think it also has a hospital and space for fleet command, so its very multipurpose. Not sure I would want all that on a replenishment ship, but definitely the hospital makes sense because casualties would want to head back to base after the replenishment.
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