3 New Navy Vessels for Irish Naval Service

Morpheus

OPSEC?

we usually publicly tender for tech

Larbre34

Still no published updates on the commissioning ceremony, meant to be this Saturday on the Liffey at the Beckett bridge. Id like to head along if I knew the time

Tabnabs

Both transoms lined up, an illustration of difference in length

BowWow

Larbre34 wrote: »

Still no published updates on the commissioning ceremony, meant to be this Saturday on the Liffey at the Beckett bridge. Id like to head along if I knew the time

Seems to be Saturday morning with tours in the afternoon.

http://afloat.ie/port-news/navy/item/25245-l%C3%A9-samuel-beckett%E2%80%99s-commissioning-ceremony-to-take-place-close-to-iconic-namesake-bridge

mikeym

BowWow wrote: »

Seems to be Saturday morning with tours in the afternoon.

http://afloat.ie/port-news/navy/item/25245-l%C3%A9-samuel-beckett%E2%80%99s-commissioning-ceremony-to-take-place-close-to-iconic-namesake-bridge

Id say there will be a big crowd for tours.

Get there early.

Tabnabs

Despite having her AIS switched off, anyone around the Dalkey/Killiney area with a sea view should see a long sleek and shiny looking naval vessel stooging around in that area currently...

Larbre34

Just happened to catch her passing Howth, lovely conditions for her arrival, her AIS was back up as she entered the channel ahead of the German cruise ship Mein Schiff.

She does have a really nice profile.

Edit: She is berthed on Sir John Rogersons quay just east of the eponymous bridge, must be the location for the ceremony. Should be some nice photo ops from the North Wall. The Liberty Hall webcam has a nice angle on her http://www.siptu.ie/media/webcam/

Larbre34

http://www.defence.ie/WebSite.nsf/Release+ID/A2701C5367C7657780257CD900489E73?OpenDocument

pilatus

Just wondering does the liffey tour boat go down as far as the Beckett bridge. I might head down on Sunday and id Imagine you'd get some lovely photos of the ship from the tour boat if it went that far down. Thanks

pilatus

Anyone know how far the tour boat goes up the liffey? Cheers

Five Lamps

Have UAV's been purchased for the Beckett? Apparently it can operate them.

sparky42

Five Lamps wrote: »

Have UAV's been purchased for the Beckett? Apparently it can operate them.

No none have been bought. That's more building in future capacity rather than a near term feature.

aindriu80

anyone got any pictures of her in Dublin ?

Jonathan

aindriu80 wrote: »

anyone got any pictures of her in Dublin ?

beauf

Were there much queues/waiting to get on.

Peregrine

Larbre34

Just watching Sam slip out of Dublin Bay against steel grey sea and mist, looks very menacing!

Good luck to her and her crew on her first fully fledged trip as a commissioned vessel of the NS, looking forward to her providing excellent service to the state for many years.

Roll on the James Joyce!

aindriu80

Nationwide did a good program on her this evening on RTE ONE HD. Looks great !

sparky42

aindriu80 wrote: »

Nationwide did a good program on her this evening on RTE ONE HD. Looks great !

That extra 10m seems to make her look a lot better. The show was a good one alright. Was that Joyce under construction in appledore? Cause it looked like they were certainly advancing on her.

aindriu80

sparky42 wrote: »

That extra 10m seems to make her look a lot better. The show was a good one alright. Was that Joyce under construction in appledore? Cause it looked like they were certainly advancing on her.

Only makes it more of a ship. Some of the older ships the Navy has seem small now.

It must be Joyce under construction since RTE was only there in the final weeks/months of Beckett.

sparky42

aindriu80 wrote: »

Only makes it more of a ship. Some of the older ships the Navy has seem small now.

It must be Joyce under construction since RTE was only there in the final weeks/months of Beckett.

I know, looking at even Eithne in the graving dock her bow looks all wrong and short compared to the modern ships. Good to see so much work done already so on Joyce.

Larbre34

Yes Joyce is the next project as they are already tooled up for it.

The Nationwide special was excellent, id never seen so much of Hawlbowline before and the level of access generally was very informative. It was good to see the build supervision crew getting credit for the years of hard work, they have a great product and have added majorly to the collective knowledge

I think having R Adm Mellett at the top table is a huge advance for the Naval Service and hopefully the modernisation will continue. They really do do a lot with very little

beauf

Cheers for the Nationwide tip. enjoyed that.

jerryqu

She ( he?..) looked rightly impressive from up close, gleeming so spick and span.
One question that slipped my mind:
She was flying a long narrow white streamer from the mast.
I cant seem to find it under nautical flags, can as anybody enlighten me as to its meaning.
Thanks

Heraldoffreeent

jerryqu wrote: »

She ( he?..) looked rightly impressive from up close, gleeming so spick and span.
One question that slipped my mind:
She was flying a long narrow white streamer from the mast.
I cant seem to find it under nautical flags, can as anybody enlighten me as to its meaning.
Thanks

Commissioning pennant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennant_(commissioning)

http://tmg110.tripod.com/ireland1.htm

nowecant

I just watched the Nationwide show. Sam really does look excellent and seeing the James Joyce well underway is wonderful.

Now the focus must turn to the next ship. Does anyone know when they will announce whether or not they intend to take up the option on the third ship? Presumably called the William Butler Yeats.

mikeym

nowecant wrote: »

I just watched the Nationwide show. Sam really does look excellent and seeing the James Joyce well underway is wonderful.

Now the focus must turn to the next ship. Does anyone know when they will announce whether or not they intend to take up the option on the third ship? Presumably called the William Butler Yeats.

Doubt it dont forget the defence budget isnt big and the Army are getting hammered with the Re-org.

Were very lucky to be getting Sam and James.

sparky42

mikeym wrote: »

Doubt it dont forget the defence budget isnt big and the Army are getting hammered with the Re-org.

Were very lucky to be getting Sam and James.

On the other hand a huge chunk of the navy is at or beyond it's design life span, there's a legitimate argument about spending money to save money there.

Heraldoffreeent

sparky42 wrote: »

I know, looking at even Eithne in the graving dock her bow looks all wrong and short compared to the modern ships. Good to see so much work done already so on Joyce.

After all these years though, I still like the look of Eithne, much more Naval looking than the P20's, who look more like converted trawlers than warships.
Its a pity the project for the P30's didn't proceed with the planned three ships rather than one, the second and third ships would have been improvements on her.

Heraldoffreeent

nowecant wrote: »

I just watched the Nationwide show. Sam really does look excellent and seeing the James Joyce well underway is wonderful.

Now the focus must turn to the next ship. Does anyone know when they will announce whether or not they intend to take up the option on the third ship? Presumably called the William Butler Yeats.

I think it has the option on the third ship up to the JJ being completed which will be this time next year approx. I'd actually think they will give the go ahead, especially if they get the same payment terms.As the build takes about 18 months that would push the payments out to 2020/2021 I think?

What would be interesting then would be whether any moves are made on the EPV(s).

No way it'll be called after Yeats, he was passed over already for P61 and P62.Had a flirtation with Fascism in the 30's I believe, not PC enough.