Master Bates Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 Crikey moses!!!!!!!! I used to work there in Woolston for over 2 years working within the shipbuilding side, quite a shock to hear the news. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4081475.VT_to_quit_shipbuilding/
Colinjb Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 Great, another manufacturing firm becoming a service company.
TopGun Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 Not a surprise really. They had quit in reality anyway as where are the ships to be built? All the Type 45s ended up elsewhere and there are no plans for the RN to replace Type 23s or mine vessels. Foreign navies are buying second hand or ordering from cheaper shipyards in the far east.
Thedelldays Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 what is bad is when the government award chunks (and big chunks) of the contract to build the new super carriers to a french company (i think)...
TopGun Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 what is bad is when the government award chunks (and big chunks) of the contract to build the new super carriers to a french company (i think)... I guess you mean Thales who are working with BAE to construct the carriers. Thales are a multi-national defence concern these days with plenty of UK operations. Though I believe the French govt still part owns them. Most of the construction will be BAE (or BVT as now called).
Kadeem Hardison Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 With all the will in the world, diving for dear life when they should be diving for pearls.
TopGun Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 (edited) The new Type 45 Destroyers are state of the art though. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7848174.stm Replacing the Type 42s - some of which were built at VT Woolston - HMS Southampton, Manchester & Nottingham. The 42s are too good for scrapping so I guess they'll be offered to Australia, NZ, India, Chile and so on. When I was a sea scout I used to canoe up alongside the Type 42s all the time as they were being fitted out beneath the Itchen Bridge. Good thing I wasn't a terrorist with a limpet mine or two! Edited 28 January, 2009 by TopGun
Minty Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 The new Type 45 Destroyers are state of the art though. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7848174.stm Apart from the rather major, and unpublicised problems with the fire control systems... :-$
Thedelldays Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 he type 45 are late...the astute class subs are farking late... my mate is on HMS Astute and the word on the street is that HMS Ambush willbe ready before hand and there is a good chance THAT will be renamed HMS Astute to cover up the embarassment.. one thing..if these new 45's and Astutes do what they say they will be some serious bits of kit..
Saint in Paradise Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 It is very bad luck to re-name a ship or so I have beeen told
Thedelldays Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 It is very bad luck to re-name a ship or so I have beeen told the probably wont..but it will be very embarassing if Ambush is ready before Astute.... more than likely, they will pull man power from the other 3 in build and put them onto Astute....
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 what is bad is when the government award chunks (and big chunks) of the contract to build the new super carriers to a french company (i think)... The Thales link is purely on the design side as the French have joined forces in this area so they can build their own versions. The build will be 100% in the UK, some of it in Portsmouth. VT's exit is good news in my opinion and shouldn't negatively impact shipbuilding on the south coast - the opposite is more likely.
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 With all the will in the world, diving for dear life when they should be diving for pearls. I hear you mate, great song.
Jillyanne Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 It is very bad luck to re-name a ship or so I have beeen told Christ, half the P&O/Princess Cruises fleet are screwed then.
TopGun Posted 28 January, 2009 Posted 28 January, 2009 he type 45 are late...the astute class subs are farking late... my mate is on HMS Astute and the word on the street is that HMS Ambush willbe ready before hand and there is a good chance THAT will be renamed HMS Astute to cover up the embarassment.. one thing..if these new 45's and Astutes do what they say they will be some serious bits of kit.. I don't think a major vessel that is first in its class has been delivered on time and without problems since WWII. Just the nature of the beast.
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