Prevail unveils proposal for Royal Navy’s future Littoral Strike Ship

em2nought · 02-27-19, 05:19 PM

I don't care how often they tell us those things are literally warships, they're not.

Kapitan · 03-01-19, 02:02 PM

Based on commercial ferry design

ikalugin · 03-01-19, 02:10 PM

Won't this compromise it's combat survivability?

Kapitan · 03-01-19, 02:15 PM

Not really i was on board a similar type of vessel in the gulf in 2003 you will likely find she will be escorted as well but no shouldn't do anything to compromise her.

HMS Ocean was similar based on a commercial design

ikalugin · 03-01-19, 02:33 PM

I am not sure it is wise to just assume that escorts can provide perfect protection. I seem to recall that KSA learned it the hard way.

Kapitan · 03-01-19, 02:57 PM

Its more a coalition thing we was escorted into Umm Qasr near Basra by two RN mine warfare ships, these vessels will linger off shore and deploy they wont get close in like what we did.

The St Malo agreement is very broad so there's a lot of availability but something is better than nothing and i would assume these ships will have point defense weapons

ikalugin · 03-01-19, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan

Its more a coalition thing we was escorted into Umm Qasr near Basra by two RN mine warfare ships, these vessels will linger off shore and deploy they wont get close in like what we did.

The St Malo agreement is very broad so there's a lot of availability but something is better than nothing and i would assume these ships will have point defense weapons

With modern profilation of AShMs I do not see how you can deploy your amphibs from a safe distance.

Basically my point is that Amphib ships should be viewed as and built as combat ships, with all the relevant survivability measures. And knowing the RN track record of provided for but not fitted with i am not sure that they would get adequate point defenses.
Especially considering the potential loss of life if something goes wrong.

02-27-19, 05:19 PM	#1
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't care how often they tell us those things are literally warships, they're not. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

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03-01-19, 02:15 PM	#4
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,134 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Not really i was on board a similar type of vessel in the gulf in 2003 you will likely find she will be escorted as well but no shouldn't do anything to compromise her. HMS Ocean was similar based on a commercial design __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

03-01-19, 02:33 PM	#5
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I am not sure it is wise to just assume that escorts can provide perfect protection. I seem to recall that KSA learned it the hard way. __________________ Grumpy as always.

03-01-19, 02:57 PM	#6
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,134 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Its more a coalition thing we was escorted into Umm Qasr near Basra by two RN mine warfare ships, these vessels will linger off shore and deploy they wont get close in like what we did. The St Malo agreement is very broad so there's a lot of availability but something is better than nothing and i would assume these ships will have point defense weapons __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/