Those Navy cuts in full

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DimPrawn replied

1 December 2011, 16:01
Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

Aren't our war days over now? Too expensive for a single bankrupt country to fund. Perhaps we could team up the the Europeans and knock up some kind of force, or pay the Yanks protection money.

INS Vikramaditya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Admiral Gorshkov entered service in 1987, but was inactivated in 1996 because it was too expensive to operate on a post Cold War budget. This attracted the attention of India, which was looking for a way to expand its carrier aviation capabilities.[6] On January 20, 2004, after years of negotiations, Russia and India signed a deal for the sale of the ship. The ship was free.

Can we afford that?
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Mich the Tester replied

1 December 2011, 15:57
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Plenty Cheapness, much Seasickness

ftfy
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TimberWolf replied

1 December 2011, 15:57
Aren't our war days over now? Too expensive for a single bankrupt country to fund. Perhaps we could team up the the Europeans and knock up some kind of force, or pay the Yanks protection money.
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DimPrawn replied

1 December 2011, 15:56
Outsource the lot

Plenty Cheapness, much Quickness
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OwlHoot started a topic Those Navy cuts in full

1 December 2011, 15:53
Those Navy cuts in full

Britain Will Be Without Any fully-Working Aircraft Carriers Until 2030

The aircraft carriers being built for the Royal Navy will be less useful, take longer to finish, and likely cost more than claimed, a parliamentary watchdog warns.

The first, HMS Queen Elizabeth, will be mothballed immediately it is launched in 2016, according to the existing plan. However, the second, HMS Prince of Wales, is not now expected to be fully operational until 2031. ...

HMS Victory at Portsmouth Dockyard in £16m restoration

The warship used by Lord Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar is to undergo a £16m restoration.

BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year contract to overhaul HMS Victory in a project that will preserve it for the coming decades.

Engineers have been carrying out maintenance work since July to prepare the 246-year-old vessel at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard for the renovation.

The masts, booms, rigging and other sections have already been removed.

The work will include installation of a fire suppression system, replacement of planking and repairs to the middle-gun deck
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