"Visit" to the Gulf, (pictures)

Thank you Anna, here are some more (especially for you :rolleyes: ):
That’s again a Close-up of Comstock’s superstructure, and some close-ups of F01 and F02.
The big red one was my LPG-carrier, taken when I disembarked. Couldn’t get her on the picture when we were closer than a couple of 100m. Also a view from on top of our 6 floor tall Accomodation. Note the guy in his orange boiler-suit on the starboard side, going up front.
And of course a nice sunset for Anna :p :

Thankyou very much, Great pictures as always look forward to seeing some more.
Anna 😉 🙂 🙂

Thank you Anna, here are some more (especially for you :rolleyes: ):
That’s again a Close-up of Comstock’s superstructure, and some close-ups of F01 and F02.
The big red one was my LPG-carrier, taken when I disembarked. Couldn’t get her on the picture when we were closer than a couple of 100m. Also a view from on top of our 6 floor tall Accomodation. Note the guy in his orange boiler-suit on the starboard side, going up front.
And of course a nice sunset for Anna :p :

You coming here to play with the sailors now Anna!?. What would dear old Flood say?. 😀

Nice pictures thanks for sharing 😉 Anna 😉

So, indeed basically Bremen class if that class is better known to you. Bremen was also derived from Kortenaer, which are called the “S-frigates” meaning Standard Frigates. They were intended to be the standard Nato Escort frigate. Both F01 and F02 are ex-Dutch frigs, the others of the Dutch vessels are sold to Greece. I think UAE received them in ’97 and ’98, but I’m not sure about this. They did get the Goalkeeper, which was not the fact in earlier days. The Bremen has two RAM launchers instead of the Goalkeeper on the roof of the helo hangar (that being the major difference). Since someone liked the Kongo, here are some closer shots, unfortunately my camera isn’t that good and I had to use the digital zoom, hence slightly less clear pictures…
Nice shot of the main gun, differing from the Burke’s and of course the extended stern, not a sunken deck, again differing from Burke class.

The UAE frigate F01 is ex-F816 of the Dutch Kortenear class.

Love these shots! 🙂

Mate those UAE tubs, it looks as though if you want one helo out you have to open the whole back up, that’s not good. Are they Bremen Class (aka type 122’s) and if so when did they get them?

Very nice, Roel, thanks! 🙂

I particularly liked the Kongo (it must be a thrill to see an Aegis-equipped ship “in the flesh”) and the UAE frigate.